Maine now expects retail marijuana stores won’t be open until June March 3, 2020 AggregatedNews Maine 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Maine’s plan to ‘harmonize’ marijuana programs would wreak havoc, critics say February 27, 2020 AggregatedNews Maine 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Guidance issued for advertising marijuana products in Maine February 24, 2020 AggregatedNews Maine 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Bill calling for secrecy in marijuana industry divides cannabis community in Maine February 11, 2020 AggregatedNews Maine 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Maine’s first legal marijuana businesses could open this spring February 10, 2020 AggregatedNews Maine 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Dispensary operator named to state cannabis board December 31, 2019 AggregatedNews Industry People, Maine 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Maine hemp farmers fear proposed rule change could cost them their crop December 18, 2019 AggregatedNews Hemp Policy & Legal, Maine 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Maine receives dozens of marijuana business applications in first week December 16, 2019 AggregatedNews Maine 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Maine to start accepting applications for recreational pot businesses months before market is set to open December 6, 2019 AggregatedNews Maine 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Proposed federal hemp rules would hurt Maine’s fledgling industry, state officials say December 5, 2019 AggregatedNews Hemp Policy & Legal, Maine 0 Comments 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… Read More→
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→
Judge allows vaping ban to stay in place for now, but rules governor may have overstepped legal bounds October 21, 2019 AggregatedNews Maine, Vaping Crisis 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Slow rollout in marijuana sales costs Maine revenue and jobs October 21, 2019 AggregatedNews Maine 0 Comments From legalization to legal sales, Maine is inching toward the slowest adult-use marijuana rollout in the U.S., with economists saying the three-year wait for stores to open will have cost Maine more than $82 million in taxes and 6,100 industry… Read More→
Marijuana testing labs: Will Maine have enough? October 10, 2019 AggregatedNews Lab Testing, Maine 0 Comments Maine is finalizing its testing rules for recreational marijuana, spelling out what a lab must do to get a state license and what safety and potency checks must be done on any marijuana products before they can be sold when… Read More→
Maine on track for legal marijuana in 2020 October 7, 2019 AggregatedNews Maine 0 Comments Maine marijuana enthusiasts will probably be able to purchase their preferred products in retail stores by March 2020 after years of waiting. Voters approved legal adult-use marijuana at the polls in November 2016, and the road to legal sales has… Read More→