LEWISTON — Dan Thayer does not like to call it pot or marijuana. Those names, he told the Great Falls Forum at the Lewiston Public Library on Thursday, are designed to stigmatize. But by any name, he sees business potential here. Thayer, president and co-founder of Thayer Corp., a heating and cooling company in Auburn, created the new Lifespring Microclimates division in 2014 to offer guidance […]
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Study finds collision claims rise in states with legal marijuana
As the push to legalize marijuana gains momentum, so is evidence that more permissive policies on the drug are putting motorists at risk. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety found, in a study to be released on Thursday, that traffic accidents are rising in states that have legalized recreational marijuana. That followed stark warnings from […]
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Canada now world's largest legal marijuana marketplace
TORONTO (AP) — Ian Power was among the first to buy legal recreational marijuana in Canada but he has no plans to smoke it. He plans to frame it. Canada became the largest country with a legal national marijuana marketplace as sales began early Wednesday in Newfoundland. Power was first in line at a store […]
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Thayer to discuss marijuana cultivation at Thursday's GFF in Lewiston
LEWISTON — The 2017-18 season of the Great Falls Forum continues Thursday, featuring Dan Thayer, president of Thayer Corporation, with a talk titled “Marijuana. Moratoriums. Massive hemp farms. How advanced cultivation techniques are changing agriculture on a worldwide scale.” The program will take place from noon to 1 p.m. in Callahan Hall at the Lewiston […]
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Marijuana seller says break in highlights need to address security
WATERVILLE — Daniel Hall went to his medical marijuana store last week and walked into what he described as a nightmare. A back window had been shattered with a rock and jars of marijuana and medical marijuana products — about $10,000 worth — were missing. “I was doing my thing and I was like, ‘Why […]
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Annual Maine pot convention offers bumper crop of cannabis expertise
As cultivation editor for High Times, Daniel Vitkovetsky claims he has visited more marijuana grows than anyone on Earth. From the tiniest closets and tents to massive outdoor, greenhouse and warehouse facilities, the man who writes under the pen name of “Danny Danko” has judged more High Times Cannabis Cups than anyone else and served […]
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DHHS urges pot users to keep drug away from children
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services is urging marijuana users to take steps to prevent children from accidentally ingesting the drug, after a spike in reports to a poison hotline. Also, the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention is promoting a new state website that provides information on such topics as marijuana […]
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Topsham voters to decide three pot questions
TOPSHAM — Voters will consider three questions Nov. 6 to guide the town on whether to allow retail marijuana sales. All three votes are nonbinding, meaning they are only advisory. If there is enough support to move forward, an ordinance governing uses could go to the town meeting next May. Chairman Dave Douglass noted at […]
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State cracking down on "smoked" lobster
State inspectors are investigating a Southwest Harbor restaurant for using marijuana to try to sedate lobsters it was about to cook. The Maine Health Inspection Program is investigating Charlotte’s Legendary Lobster Pound, but it hasn’t issued any findings yet, said Emily Spencer, a spokeswoman for the state Department of Health and Human Services, the agency […]
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Cannabis & crustaceans? These lobsters may get baked before customers can cook them
SOUTHWEST HARBOR — A local lobster pound owner believes she may have found a new, marijuana-based method for killing Maine’s signature seafood species more humanely. A lobster named Roscoe was Charlotte Gill’s first test subject. In her experiment, Gill placed Roscoe in a covered box with about two inches of water at the bottom. Marijuana […]