Choose To Be Healthy Coalition Southern York County Maine
    Creating a healthier
        Southern York County

Search
Mobile Menu
  • We Are Your Local Community Health Coalition
    • Sign Up for E-Newsletter, Coalition and Community Events
    • Contact Us
    • CTBH Annual Reports, 2015-2021
  • Building Resilience, Youth Mattering
  • Preventing Alcohol and Drug Use
    • Underage Drinking Prevention
    • Underage Marijuana Use Prevention
      • Marijuana Use Impacts on Public Health and Safety
    • Information and Resources on Vaping
    • Prescription
      Drug Misuse Prevention
    • Healthy Young Adults
  • Resources For Families
    • Parenting Resources
    • Family Fun Activities
  • Resources for Schools
    • Building Resilience, Youth Mattering
    • Information and Resources on Vaping
  • Student Intervention and Reintegration Program (SIRP)
  • Resources for Workplaces
  • Substance Use Treatment and Recovery Resources
  • York County Public Health
    • Tobacco-Free Communities
    • Tobacco Cessation

Marijuana Use Impacts on Public Health and Safety

While most of us our busy dealing with school, families, work and the pandemic’s effects on all of those things, marijuana and alcohol retailers are busy creating new legislation so that Mainers can get easier access to their products.

If you would like to learn how to prevent youth marijuana use in Maine, you can check out this guide from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. It explains why selling or providing marijuana (or alcohol, tobacco or other legal drugs) in community settings is not a good way to prevent youth use.

Find out what’s going on in Augusta around all sorts of issues.

And you can contact your legislator to let them know how you feel.

You can also submit your opinion in writing to the legislature. The Maine Public Health Association can help you learn how to communicate with the legislature here.

New and Noteworthy 

  • Maine Marijuana Toolkit and Handouts for Families and Professionals
    • CBD THC and Hemp
    • Edibles
    • Parents Guide
    • Harms to Youth
    • Maine Youth Data
    • For Expecting Mothers
    • For Workplaces
    • Lock it Up
    • MJ and Vaping

  • Colorado Marijuana Report 2020 Read the latest Colorado Marijuana Report and the impact its having on the state
  •  CTBH Annual Meeting, June 2019 – “Marijuana: What Does the Data Say? “a presentation on marijuana, mental health and Maine given by Dr. Elinore McCance-Katz.
  • Legalized Marijuana-Public Health Concerns and Regulation Best Practices
  • Marijuana in Maine: What’s Legal And What’s Not a downloadable handout from the Good To Know campaign with easy to understand information about Maine’s marijuana laws.
  • Good To Know Maine, state website with info for general public, visitors, parents, info on laws
  • The Financial Costs of Legalization, a report from RI
  • The Impact of Marijuana Legalization on You Tube

Health Impacts

  • Using the Public Health Model to Regulate Marijuana
  • Environmental impacts of marijuana farming, this Scientific American article highlights that farming has negative effects on water and fish in particular
  • Regulating Marijuana and Using a Public Health Model
  • Executive Summary from Colorado HIDTA: Youth Use is Up

Public Safety Impacts

  • Legalized Marijuana Practical Guide for Law Enforcement from Colorado
  • What Will Legal Marijuana Cost Employers?
  • Maine Tobacco Law

Resources from Maine and Other States

  • Good To Know Maine, state website with info for general public, visitors, parents, info on laws
  • Smart Approaches to Marijuana
     a national reform group that does not support recreational legalization

    • Big_Marijuana_Claims_vs_Science
  • The Marijuana Report, newsletter and website
  • The Legalization of Marijuana: The Impact is the 2018 update of the annual report from the Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area in Colorado.
  • Concerning Trends of Marijuana Commercialization in Colorado, a presentation by Bob Doyle of the Colorado Tobacco Education and Prevention Alliance.

© 2022 Choose To Be Healthy Coalition Southern York County Maine • Phone • 207-351-2658