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Marijuana provider challenges Maine’s residency rule for sellers

March 25, 2020
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Wellness Connection of Maine's federal lawsuit seeks to overturn a rule that only Maine residents can obtain adult-use marijuana sales permits. A medical marijuana provider has filed a federal lawsuit seeking to overturn a Maine rule that says only state…

Maine releases list showing who’s seeking marijuana business licenses

March 16, 2020
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After months of reviewing applications, the Office of Marijuana Policy on Friday made public for the first time the list of about 300 people who are applying for more than 200 state licenses to cash in on Maine’s long-awaited recreational marijuana market.…

Lawmakers strip secrecy and extraction rules out of marijuana bill in Maine

March 10, 2020
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State lawmakers stripped the secrecy and extraction provisions from a marijuana bill Monday that would have allowed adult-use businesses to shield some license information from public scrutiny and driven up the price of infused foods, salves and tinctures. The Office of Marijuana…

Maine now expects retail marijuana stores won’t be open until June

Maine pushes the target date for adult-use marijuana sales back by 3 months, and lowers its projected sales tax revenue for the fiscal year that ends June 30. Maine is planning to have its first recreational marijuana shops open in…

Maine’s plan to ‘harmonize’ marijuana programs would wreak havoc, critics say

February 27, 2020
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Maine wants to “harmonize” its medical and adult-use marijuana programs, but small growers, edible makers and retailers say the state’s proposed changes would drive them out of business and leave rural, cash-strapped patients without affordable medicine. The Office of Marijuana…

Guidance issued for advertising marijuana products in Maine

February 24, 2020
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Maine's Office of Marijuana Policy warns that advertising for medical- or adult-use marijuana businesses should not target people under age 21. Maine’s Office of Marijuana Policy issued guidance Friday on how to advertise medical- and adult-use marijuana businesses without breaking…

Bill calling for secrecy in marijuana industry divides cannabis community in Maine

February 11, 2020
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Efforts to keep some marijuana license details secret has divided Maine’s cannabis community: some see secrecy as protection from rivals and theft, while others worry it will allow out-of-state raiders to take over the local adult-use market. But the industry is united…

Maine’s first legal marijuana businesses could open this spring

February 10, 2020
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Maine officials have deemed dozens of applications to run marijuana businesses to be complete, a major step on the way to the first legal sales of the drug for recreational adult use. Mainers voted in favor of legal recreational marijuana…

Dispensary operator named to state cannabis board

Josh Quint, director of operations for the Biddeford-based medical marijuana firm Canuvo, will become the first grower to serve on the 15-member panel. The director of operations at Canuvo, one of Maine’s eight state-licensed medical cannabis dispensaries, has been appointed…

Maine hemp farmers fear proposed rule change could cost them their crop

Maine is proposing new hemp farming rules that would change the way it calculates how much THC is allowed in state-licensed plants, effectively reducing the already small amount of psychoactive element allowed in this cash crop to prepare farmers for…

Maine receives dozens of marijuana business applications in first week

December 16, 2019
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The state says it has taken 76 applications since Dec. 5, with 38 for retail stores, 27 for cultivation facilities and 11 for manufacturing operations. AUGUSTA — The first week of applications to open marijuana businesses in Maine has been…

Maine to start accepting applications for recreational pot businesses months before market is set to open

December 6, 2019
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AUGUSTA, Maine — Recreational pot sales are getting closer to becoming a reality in Maine as state regulators open the licensing process for businesses Thursday. Business owners hoping to cash in can apply using an online form on the state's…

Proposed federal hemp rules would hurt Maine’s fledgling industry, state officials say

State agriculture officials are saying new federal rules regulating hemp production nationally would hurt Maine’s rapidly growing hemp industry. The rules proposed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture are open for public comment, and Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry…

Are We There Yet? Maine’s Long, 3-year Adult Use Journey Almost Over

October 22, 2019
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Are we there yet? It’s a refrain heard time and time again over the past three years as Maine has struggled to put in place adult-use cannabis regulations. Back in 2016, Maine voters narrowly approved the referendum legalizing cannabis beyond…

Judge allows vaping ban to stay in place for now, but rules governor may have overstepped legal bounds

Governor Charlie Baker’s blanket ban on nicotine vaping products remains in effect but is on shaky legal ground, after a judge ruled Monday that officials likely overstepped constitutional bounds by enacting the policy before affected businesses and members of the…