These 5 States Are Not Making It Easy To Legalize Marijuana April 5, 2018 AggregatedNews Maine, Michigan, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Dakota 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Marijuana Extraction Specialists May Get Their Own Licenses In Maine March 26, 2018 AggregatedNews Maine, Processing 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Maine’s retail pot laws remain in flux March 2, 2018 AggregatedNews Maine 0 Comments When the Maine legislature’s Joint Committee on Marijuana Legalization and Implementation let the Feb. 1 deadline to extend the state’s moratorium on recreational cultivation and licensing of marijuana businesses come and go, it left the state in an awkward position.… Read More→
Is the US Attorney Cracking Down on Illegal Caregiver Activities in Maine? Pot plants, luxury cars seized in Lewiston-Auburn raids March 1, 2018 AggregatedNews Maine 0 Comments Richard 'Stitch' Daniels, 52, is charged with marijuana trafficking and hash oil manufacturing, and officers tow multiple cars, including a Lamborghini Huracan and a Nissan GT-R. LEWISTON — A Lewiston man was charged with marijuana trafficking and manufacturing butane hash… Read More→
Maine Employers Now Prohibited From Discrimination Against Marijuana Use February 11, 2018 AggregatedNews Maine 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Maine Medical Marijuana Numbers Down Eight Percent In 2017 February 2, 2018 AggregatedNews Maine 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Maine Medical Marijuana Caregivers Hit with Strict New Guidelines Leading to Concern November 9, 2017 AggregatedNews Maine 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Maine House Votes to Uphold Governor’s Veto of Retail Recreational Marijuana Regulations November 8, 2017 AggregatedNews Maine 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Maine Governor Vetoes Recreational Marijuana Legalization Bill Despite Voter Approval November 4, 2017 AggregatedNews Maine 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Maine’s Marijuana Laws up in the Air as Lawmakers Vote to Rewrite Law October 24, 2017 AggregatedNews Maine 0 Comments 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… Read More→
The Rec Regulations Game in Maine October 11, 2017 David Hodes Maine, Policy & Legal 1 Comment A raucous and at times reportedly emotional crowd greeted the members of the Maine 20-member Joint Selection Committee on Marijuana Legalization Implementation (MLI), getting public opinion about draft legislation for recreational cannabis at the Appropriations Committee room – and two… Read More→
Maine Could See Retail Marijuana Online and at Drive-Thrus September 21, 2017 AggregatedNews Maine 0 Comments 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… Read More→
New Bill Would Let Medical Dispensaries and Caregivers Sell Recreation Cannabis in Maine September 13, 2017 AggregatedNews Maine 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Maine U.S. Border Patrol Agent Warns Against Carrying Legal Marijuana Across Border August 29, 2017 AggregatedNews Maine 0 Comments 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… 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→