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The festival gives medical marijuana suppliers and potential clients to speak face to face. (Lebanon Voice file photo)

LEBANON - Lebanon's 2nd annual medical marijuana weekend festival is set for Aug. 21-23, and organizer Teri Poirier said this year's celebration is dedicated to her late daughter Charlee Rae Worster, who died unexpectedly in December at the age of 22.

"I'm doing it this year in memory of Charlie Rae," an emotional Poirier said on Wednesday.

The purpose of the festival is to connect medical marijuana professionals, including suppliers and physicians, and to make the general public aware of the medicinal properties of cannabis, which can be dosed to patients in forms that have no THC, the agent in marijuana that makes users high.

"We are going to have a lot of info on site that people can take home with them," she said.

Poirier explained that a large number of people get hooked on prescription opiates like Oxycodone by doctors who prescribe the drugs for pain management.

"There are people who go to the hospital and are given prescriptions opiates and on discharge sent home with them," Poirier said. "Then when they're taken off, they find they are addicted."

She said she knows of people who have gotten off those prescription opiates - which often have harmful side effects - by using medical marijuana.

Further, she said a lot of people have the misconception that medicinal pot will get them high, but there are tinctures and strains that carry little or none of the THC.

Medical marijuana is legal in Maine, but police still prosecute nonmedical marijuana users, and medical marijuana users must be using the drug under the care of a physician and have a medical marijuana card.

During last year's festival, Poirier said more than 400 visitors attended the gathering over the three days.

She said there will be food vendors and entertainment, including longtime area favorite Ron Jones, fire spinner Travis Smith and open mic times.

Vendors and overnight camping will also be available.

A three-day pass costs $30, and a day pass is $20. The event is being held at Poirier's Wind Shadows Farm at the corner of Shapleigh and Center roads.

"The biggest thing is to get the information out there," Poirier said.

For more information contact Poirier at Abbagails420@gmail.com or 207.608.9329.

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