Are We There Yet? Maine’s Long, 3-year Adult Use Journey Almost Over October 22, 2019 Patricia Rosi Maine 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Cannabis: An Idea Worth Spreading August 6, 2019 Patricia Rosi Op-Ed, The Buck Stops Here 0 Comments I entered the cannabis industry in 2011. By all standards, this makes me a cannabis veteran. I always joke that there should be a cannabis year convertor similar to what we do with dogs because these past 8 years have… Read More→
Finding your Voice, When No One Can Hear You July 30, 2019 Patricia Rosi Marketing, Op-Ed 0 Comments Public opinion of cannabis is shifting rapidly with adult use cannabis legal in 10 states and 33 states have approved medical marijuana. But we wage a daily battle in our struggle to communicate. Most markets forbid the use of mass… Read More→
Maui and Maine: A world apart but maybe much closer than you think. July 22, 2019 Patricia Rosi Hawaii, Maine 0 Comments I recently traveled from New England to Hawaii to attend the 3rd annual Maui Medical Cannabis Symposium. I obviously enjoyed leaving our winter in Maine for a trip under the sun in Maui. But it was also very inspiring to… Read More→
Maine, Marijuana and Mass Confusion November 18, 2017 Patricia Rosi The Buck Stops Here 0 Comments Maine – the land of the lighthouse and the lobster. And it almost became the first state on the east coast to adopt a regulated and taxed marijuana marketplace. Instead, the nation’s former #1 medical program is now left in… Read More→
Maine: Everyone Wants to Play but Nobody Knows the Rules April 9, 2017 Patricia Rosi Maine, The Buck Stops Here 0 Comments By: Patricia Rosi, CEO – Wellness Connection of Maine There is a saying about New England’s unpredictable weather—“if you don’t like it, just wait a minute.” That concise statement applies appropriately to both Maine’s weather and its cannabis. Just as we… Read More→
The Permitting Vortex: How a Simple Question Turns Into Regulatory Hell May 24, 2016 Patricia Rosi Maine, News & Insights, Policy & Legal, The Buck Stops Here 3 Comments By Patricia Rosi Coming off the Memorial Day weekend, I thought I would start on a humorous note by sharing our most recent challenge: Convincing local authorities that installing a closed loop, supercritical CO2 extraction system is not akin to… Read More→