Draft changes to state’s medical cannabis program would require track-and-trace system

Some providers worry the system would be cost-prohibitive and time-consuming, pushing prices higher and driving customers to the adult-use market.

West Paris voters to vote on spirits, marijuana

Recreational marijuana debate resurrected in Oxford

The town voted to approve an ordinance limiting marijuana businesses to four medical dispensaries back in 2017.

Gardiner officials grapple with emerging cannabis market

A group of Gardiner residents is seeking a temporary ban for new cannabis-related businesses in the city, even as another potential retailer seeks a license for a dispensary on Water Street.

Portland likely to miss out on Maine’s first adult-use marijuana sales

A federal judge put the city's retail license scoring system on hold after concluding its residency preference was probably unconstitutional.

Marijuana activists target large provider’s legal challenges

Protesters are upset that state's biggest marijuana company, Wellness Connection, is using the courts to open the recreational market to out-of-state competition.

State decision to open adult-use marijuana market to non-residents sparks lawsuit

Maine Cannabis Coalition says the state's decision to violate its own marijuana law will put residents at a competitive disadvantage.

Portland lab lands first conditional marijuana testing license

Nova Analytics plans to open its lab on Milliken Street in July, pending local and final state approvals.

Maine drops residency requirement for recreational marijuana businesses

The state reached an agreement with a marijuana company Monday that eliminates the rule that would have required applicants to have lived in Maine for 4 years.

Marijuana provider challenges Maine’s residency rule for sellers

Wellness Connection of Maine's federal lawsuit seeks to overturn a rule that only Maine residents can obtain adult-use marijuana sales permits.