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Maine hopes to avoid pitfalls during marijuana legalization push

Sales of recreational marijuana in Maine are on track to begin next March, and the state is looking to learn from mistakes that other states have made in legalizing the drug. The state’s voters chose to legalize adult use marijuana…

Maine’s marijuana dilemma: ‘Cannabiz’ poised to grow, but in a holding pattern

April 29, 2019
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Twenty-five years ago, Maine’s marijuana proprietors were more likely to be named in a local police blotter than the pages of Mainebiz. But today, Patricia Rosi, CEO of Wellness Connection of Maine, proudly talks about her company’s business in medical-use…

Maine releases draft rules for its recreational marijuana market

April 23, 2019
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More than two years after residents voted to legalize recreational marijuana, Maine released draft rules Monday that detail how the state’s new adult-use market woud be launched, monitored and regulated by the Office of Marijuana Policy. The state released the…

Maine Governor Lepage Says He Plans To Veto Recreational Marijuana Bill

April 17, 2018
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Gov. Paul LePage plans to veto the recreational marijuana bill once it reaches his desk because it wouldn’t combine Maine’s medical and adult-use marijuana programs. The two-term Republican doesn’t want two regulatory systems and tax structures for different uses of…

These 5 States Are Not Making It Easy To Legalize Marijuana

April 5, 2018
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While many states are standing in the way of marijuana legalization, they usually aren’t outright sabotaging efforts to do so. Even politicians who don’t support cannabis end up implementing the new laws if the voters want it. But some states…

Marijuana Extraction Specialists May Get Their Own Licenses In Maine

After years of operating in the shadows, people who make marijuana-infused foods, tinctures and oils for qualified medical patients may finally get their own state license. State lawmakers who oversee Maine’s medical marijuana program want to license and regulate the…

Maine Employers Now Prohibited From Discrimination Against Marijuana Use

February 11, 2018
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Workers in Maine no longer have to worry about getting in trouble at work for smoking marijuana in their off time. Employers in the state will no longer be able to discriminate against employees for using marijuana or marijuana by-products outside after…

Maine Medical Marijuana Numbers Down Eight Percent In 2017

February 2, 2018
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Even though it has yet to record its first retail sale, Maine’s adult-use marijuana market appears to be taking a bite out of the state’s medical marijuana industry. In 2017, the first year that Mainers could legally grow their own…

Maine Medical Marijuana Caregivers Hit with Strict New Guidelines Leading to Concern

November 9, 2017
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Maine is cracking down on how caregivers grow and distribute medical marijuana, allowing surprise inspections and implementing a plant-to-patient tracking system. The state Department of Health and Human Services issued new rules Wednesday that tighten Maine’s fast-growing and changing medical…

Maine House Votes to Uphold Governor’s Veto of Retail Recreational Marijuana Regulations

November 8, 2017
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AUGUSTA — The Maine House voted Monday to sustain Gov. Paul LePage’s veto of a bill that would create the legal framework for retail sales of recreational marijuana. The bill was the result of more than nine months of work by a…

Maine Governor Vetoes Recreational Marijuana Legalization Bill Despite Voter Approval

November 4, 2017
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Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R) on Friday vetoed a bill that would legalize the sale of recreational marijuana, nearly a year after residents voted to set up a system to sell and regulate the drug. In a letter, LePage said…

Maine’s Marijuana Laws up in the Air as Lawmakers Vote to Rewrite Law

October 24, 2017
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AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine lawmakers returned to Augusta and took steps to decide the future of two voter-approved laws, one that legalized recreational marijuana and the other that created a first-of-its-kind ranked voting system for political candidates. Lawmakers on Monday voted…

Maine Could See Retail Marijuana Online and at Drive-Thrus

September 21, 2017
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Maine may make purchasing an ounce of marijuana almost as easy as buying a six-pack of beer. Proposed adult-use cannabis regulations from the Legislature’s marijuana committee would allow licensed retail stores to sell pot from drive-up windows and over the…

New Bill Would Let Medical Dispensaries and Caregivers Sell Recreation Cannabis in Maine

September 13, 2017
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Medical marijuana dispensaries and caregivers could join Maine’s new adult-use market under a proposed rewrite of the state legalization act. A draft bill released Monday would let Maine’s eight licensed medical marijuana dispensaries apply for a license to sell recreational cannabis, but…

Maine U.S. Border Patrol Agent Warns Against Carrying Legal Marijuana Across Border

August 29, 2017
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BANGOR — The top U.S. Border Patrol agent in Maine cautioned residents Monday that officers will still confiscate marijuana when they encounter it and that even family connections to the cannabis industry can disqualify someone from federal employment. Chief Daniel…