State Enacts New Laws to Defelonize Simple Drug Possession and to Implement Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) Programs
MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–April 28, 2016. The Maine legislature has enacted two bills this session that will greatly advance treating drug use as a public health issue instead of a criminal justice issue. Earlier today, LD 1554 passed into law without the governor’s signature, and will make simple drug possession a misdemeanor instead of a felony. Under the law, possession…
