It sounds like the opening for another stoner movie, maybe “Harold and Kumar Go to Heaven.” Giant bundles of marijuana, apparently containing individually wrapped five-kilo bricks, have been washing up on the shores of Florida since the approach of Hurricane Florence last week, possibly from a boat that was either capsized by the storm or […]
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Have a cannabidiol cola and smile? Coke considers cannabis drinks
The world’s largest beverage company may be the next industry giant to jump into the cannabis drinks business. Coca-Cola Co. says it’s monitoring the nascent industry and is interested in drinks infused with CBD — the non-psychoactive ingredient in marijuana that treats pain but doesn’t get you high. The Atlanta-based soft drinks maker is in […]
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Wanted: Cannabis consultant who can draft regulations for recreational pot sales
Maine has set an April 30 deadline for a new consultant to come up with the rules needed to begin recreational marijuana sales. The state Department of Administrative and Financial Services issued a request for proposals Monday for a consultant to write the rules and regulations needed to license and regulate adult-use cannabis businesses and […]
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Poland: Selectmen name two members to marijuana committee
POLAND — Selectmen this week named board members Mary-Beth Taylor and James Walker to the Recreational Marijuana Use Committee. Selectman Joe Cimino voted in opposition to Walker, saying Walker is opposed to “marijuana in any shape and form … and that’s not what we need on the committee.” Walker said he doesn’t want to see […]
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Warned of legal concerns, organizers cancel cannabis food fair in Gray
Organizers have canceled a cannabis-themed foodie fair in Gray because state inspectors concluded it would violate state marijuana laws. The Cultivator Country Fair was to have begun Friday at 5 p.m. at Caswell Farm. It was to have included live music, circus performers and a cannabis-infused meal prepared by guest chefs Scott Nikol of Duckfat […]
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Angus King supports push for cannabis for veterans
PORTLAND (AP) — Maine’s independent senator says he is getting behind an effort to research how medicinal cannabis could help veterans. Sen. Angus King is part of a bipartisan group of legislators that wants to authorize the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to advance research about the safety and efficacy of medicinal cannabis for veterans […]
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For Maine’s marijuana industry, security’s still high-risk
“I don’t live in fear; it’s just not my style,” says grower Chad Crandall, whose operation in Jay is outfitted with surveillance cameras and motion sensors. But he admits: “The cameras, the security system, it gives me peace of mind.” (Brianna Soukup/Portland Press Herald) Using crowbars and jackhammers, thieves broke into Dawson and Kelly Julia’s […]
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Marijuana industry target for crime
Using crowbars and jackhammers, thieves broke into Dawson and Kelly Julia’s medical cannabis grow in Unity two years ago, forcing their way past a locked steel door and boarded-up window to steal 60 marijuana plants valued at more than $50,000 from this husband-and-wife caregiver business. In under an hour, East Coast CBD’s entire marijuana crop […]
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DEA agent now private security consultant for cannabis growers
As a drug enforcement agent, Scott Durst spent three decades trying to put illegal drug dealers in jail, both in Maine and abroad. Now the retired police officer is making a second career for himself as a private security consultant for Maine’s legal cannabis growers, transporting cash between five state-licensed medical marijuana dispensaries and the […]
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Canadian company ditches plans for large Auburn pot grow
AUBURN (AP) — A Canadian company has ditched plans to buy a marijuana-growing facility in Auburn, Maine. The Bangor Daily News reports that Vancouver-based C21 investments pulled the plug on the deal because of rules imposed by the Maine Legislature. But the newspaper said the property’s owner, Kevin Dean, is also linked to a federal […]