AUGUSTA — The Maine Senate and House voted Tuesday night to pass a sweeping medical marijuana reform bill that overhauls the caregiver system. The bill, which goes to Gov.Paul LePage, would let caregivers expand their business operations. For example, they could hire more than one worker, and sell up to 30 percent of their harvest […]
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Legislature passes sweeping medical marijuana reform bill
The Maine Senate and House voted Tuesday night to pass a sweeping medical marijuana reform bill that overhauls the caregiver system. The bill, which now goes to Gov.Paul LePage, would let caregivers expand their business operations. For example, they could hire more than one worker, and sell up to 30 percent of their harvest to […]
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Pot bill tweak would affect retail shops
Caregivers would have to get municipal approval to sell cannabis to their patients out of a retail shop under a proposed amendment to a sweeping medical marijuana reform bill that is pending before the Maine Legislature. The amendment, proposed by Sen. Roger Katz, R-Augusta, mirrors one that he added to the adult-use cannabis regulatory bill […]
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Canada’s legalization to offer pot by mail, better banking
Mail-order weed? You betcha! With nationwide marijuana legalization in Canada on the horizon, the industry is shaping up differently there than the way it was established in nine U.S. states that have similarly broad legalization. Age limits, government involvement in distribution and sales, and access to banking are some big discrepancies. And, yes, Canadians will […]
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Auburn passes moratorium on medical marijuana caregiver storefronts
AUBURN — The City Council unanimously passed a moratorium Monday that blocks any new medical marijuana caregiver “storefront” operation or marijuana social club from opening in the city for up to six months. The council suspended the rules to waive a second hearing, and the moratorium’s effective date is May 31 — almost three weeks […]
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Wilton approves amendment allowing marijuana businesses
WILTON — Residents voted at Monday night’s annual town meeting to amend the town’s zoning ordinance to allow marijuana-related businesses and establishments within the town. Marijuana retail sales, indoor cultivation, manufacturing, processing and testing is now allowed in farm and forest, commercial and industrial zones, with Planning Board approval. Marijuana outdoor cultivation will be allowed […]
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Auburn council set to take up marijuana moratorium, city budget
AUBURN — City officials will have a full plate Monday as the City Council is set to take up a controversial marijuana moratorium and final readings of next year’s budget and Capital Improvement Plan. The CIP failed in its first reading June 4, and has been amended slightly ahead of the workshop and meeting that […]
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Maine’s highest court rules against forced reimbursement for medical marijuana
Maine’s highest court ruled Thursday that federal laws prevent an employer’s workers compensation fund from being forced to pay for medical marijuana treatments. The court, in a 5-2 vote, said its ruling should be considered narrowly, based on a case in which a paper company employee wanted his employer’s worker’s compensation fund to pay for […]
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Florida company seeks federal permit to grow research cannabis in Maine
A Florida company has applied for a federal permit to build a facility in Maine to grow cannabis used in government-sanctioned research. Maridose LLC is one of 27 companies with an application pending before the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency to grow cannabis for use by the 350 scientists across the country, including two in Maine, […]
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Marijuana caregiver stores in crosshairs of Auburn moratorium
AUBURN — A medical marijuana caregiver and owner of two smoke shops says his business is being unfairly targeted by police as Auburn officials consider a moratorium on retail marijuana and medical “storefront” operations. Vincent Gogan, owner of Legal Peaces smoke shops in Auburn and on Lisbon Street in Lewiston, claimed Auburn is withholding a […]