Federal Appeals Court: Maine’s Cannabis Licensee Residency Requirement is Unconstitutional August 22, 2022 AggregatedNews Maine 0 Comments On August 17, the First Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the the holding of the US District Court for the District of Maine that the residency requirements of Maine’s Medical Use Marijuana Act violate the Dormant Commerce Clause (“DCC”). The… Read More→
Maine’s cannabis producers see high costs of lighting up August 8, 2022 AggregatedNews News & Insights 0 Comments The industry, pinched by high energy costs and low wholesale prices, seeks out cheaper grow-lamp options. WARREN — Rows of cannabis seedlings, 18 inches high and three weeks old, swayed recently in the breeze created by wall fans inside the… Read More→
Report: Maine is curbing illegal cannabis market at faster rate than other states with adult-use laws June 13, 2022 AggregatedNews Maine 0 Comments State policymakers believe that Maine's illicit cannabis market is smaller than in other states with adult-use cannabis laws. New data show that 15% of cannabis purchased in Maine came from adult-use stores, according to a report from the state's Office… Read More→
Maine’s adult-use cannabis sales surpassed $10 million in August September 8, 2021 AggregatedNews Maine 0 Comments It was the first time the industry has reported monthly sales of at least $10 million since the state's adult-use market launched in October 2020. Maine’s adult-use cannabis retailers continue to break sales records, with $10.2 million worth of marijuana… Read More→
Maine medical marijuana caregivers ‘greatly disturbed’ by proposed industry rules March 24, 2021 AggregatedNews Maine 0 Comments Medical marijuana caregivers in Maine are speaking out against proposed rules that would, among other things, require them to electronically track their products across the supply chain and adopt 24-hour video surveillance in some places of their business. Office of… Read More→
Cannabis in the New Year: Old Challenges Meet New Opportunities January 25, 2021 Jacques Santucci Best Practices, Cannabis & Hemp Research, Opinions, Policy & Legal 0 Comments Despite a global pandemic that uprooted businesses around the world, the U.S. cannabis market showed no signs of slowing down in 2020, as we had predicted a year ago. Through lockdowns and mask mandates, the industry innovated how consumers purchase… Read More→
Its time to fight back against illegal state and local cannabis laws. September 2, 2020 Matthew Warner Maine, Oklahoma, Policy & Legal, Washington 0 Comments Until now, many states have treated participants within their legal cannabis industries as second-class citizens, depriving these businesses of certain constitutional protections that apply in any other marketplace. Conventional wisdom said that cannabis businesses were either so grateful to be… Read More→
Maine’s Residency Requirement Waiver in Light of New England’s Licensing Regulations July 28, 2020 Brendon Stern Maine, Massachusetts 0 Comments When states decide to legalize cannabis in some way, they must consider whether only state residents will be allowed to obtain cannabis business licenses. In 2016, Massachusetts and Maine became the first two New England states to legalize adult use… 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→
With Mills’ signature, Maine finally has rules for recreational marijuana market June 29, 2019 AggregatedNews Maine 0 Comments Maine's adult-use marijuana industry will have the strictest residency rules in the nation. Gov. Janet Mills signed a marijuana rules bill Thursday that puts Maine on track to launch recreational sales in March, 2½ years after voters approved legalization at… Read More→
How High Are Recreational Marijuana Taxes in Your State? April 27, 2018 AggregatedNews Banking, Finance & Real Estate 0 Comments As public opinion increasingly favors the legalization of recreational marijuana, a growing number of states must determine how to tax legal sales of cannabis. To date, nine states (Alaska, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington) and the District… 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→
Five States Will Vote to Legalize Marijuana This Fall October 11, 2016 AggregatedNews Arizona, California, Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada, Policy & Legal 0 Comments Recreational marijuana users can now legally light up a joint in states representing about 5 percent of the U.S. population. By the time Americans wake up on November 9, that percentage could be swelling to more than one-quarter. Measures to… Read More→
Marijuana Polls Show Support for Legalization in States Voting This Fall October 6, 2016 AggregatedNews Arizona, California, Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada 0 Comments Marijuana advocates are heading into the final weeks of the 2016 campaign with the wind at their backs as the latest polling shows legalization measures currently favored by voters in all five states where they're on the ballot. This is… Read More→
Referendum Proposal Meets Threshold to Appear on Maine Ballot April 28, 2016 AggregatedNews Maine, Policy & Legal 0 Comments A referendum proposal to legalize marijuana for recreational use in Maine has met the threshold to appear on the November ballot, Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap said Wednesday. The announcement means the citizen initiative will be forwarded Friday to state… Read More→