Other states have struggled to license enough, resulting in long delays, supply shortfalls and testing waivers
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Maine’s first pick-your-own hemp field opens in Whitefield
About 50 people flock to Sheepscot General Farm, believed to be only the second publicly accessible hemp field in the U.S., on the first of 4 days of picking for consumers looking for plants to turn into CBD lotions and tinctures.
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Cooking with cannabis has come a long way since your parents’ pot brownies
Once retail sales of marijuana begin in Maine, probably next year, home cooks will have a new ingredient to play with in the kitchen. Here’s advice from people who have been making edibles for years.
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Confusion reigns as Maine rolls out its marijuana tracking system
The state’s pot policy office initially describes a costly tagging system for tracing products from plant to retail, then offers a more business-friendly explanation hours later.
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In era of legal pot, can police search cars based on odor?
Increasingly, motorists in states where marijuana is legal in some form are objecting when police insist on a search.
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Maine’s Route 1: Lobster shacks, blueberry stands – and cannabis
More than 20 medical marijuana shops dot the roadway, tempting tourists to stop and peruse their wares.
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Asparagus makes way for weed in Canada’s fields
The appeal is clear: growing outdoors can cost as little as one-fifth that of greenhouse production and it can be marketed as being grown “au naturel” under the sun.
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Jared Golden aims to allow federal programs give help to cannabis businesses
The 2nd District Democrat’s bill would drop restrictions that force the Small Business Administration to turn away companies seeking help for marijuana-related firms.
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Maine’s adult-use marijuana industry will have the strictest residency rules in the nation
With Gov. Janet Mills’ signature, Maine finally has rules for recreational marijuana market.
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Mills expected to sign pot rules into law, put Maine on track for retail sales next year
Maine is poised to become the 8th state to approve recreational marijuana sales, which could begin next March.