Big brewers increase their investments in marijuana producers as part of a push to revive lagging sales, but the strategy comes with risks.
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Lawmakers consider sealing, erasing records of past cannabis convictions
Four Maine legislators are pursuing bills to clear some convictions for marijuana possession that today would be legal.
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Auburn marijuana ordinance would allow — and limit — adult-use stores
AUBURN — A draft marijuana ordinance would allow recreational marijuana stores and other related businesses in the city, but would set caps on how many could be operating at a time. The ordinance sets a proposed cap on businesses at 10 — five for recreational or adult-use shops, and five for medical marijuana retail stores. […]
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Marijuana dispensaries’ big donations to Mills inaugural have caregivers crying foul
Three dispensaries, combined, had donated nearly 20 percent of the money collected to usher in the new governor as of Dec. 22.
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In Oregon, another bumper crop of pot
Farmers have produced so much that it’s creating pressure for growers and reduced prices for consumers.
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Lack of mandated testing could expose cannabis users to toxins
The state is hammering out testing requirements for marijuana products, but until it does, it’s buyer beware.
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Top 10: Recapping the top local stories of 2018
Untimely deaths, racial tension, a massive pot raid, a controversial lawyer and restaurants closing and opening were among the top local news stories of the year.
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Boston man denies drug charges in Lewiston-Auburn pot raid
PORTLAND — A Boston man denied a federal charge Thursday in connection with what investigators who rounded up more than a dozen suspects called a major drug operation in the Twin Cities that sold surplus medical marijuana out of state and to non-patients. Yehudi Pardo, 33, pleaded not guilty in U.S. District Court to a […]
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Fuel up on gas and grass at Maine’s first medical marijuana convenience store
What is believed to be Maine’s first marijuana convenience store, one of only a handful in operation in the country, will open Thursday in Portland. At 10 a.m., Atlantic Farms Gas N’ Grass will start selling cannabis-infused gummies, tinctures and smokable marijuana to those fueling up at the former Getty Mart at 460 Warren Ave. […]
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From cutting hair to trimming cannabis, Small Batch takes over Bernard’s
The new Small Batch store at 711 Lisbon St. is for “artisanal crafted cannabis,” according to a news release for its grand opening Saturday. The new business is at the former Mr. Bernard’s School of Hair Fashion, which closed in 2015. Paul Clark, an extractionist working there, said the 8,000-square-foot space is set up with […]