STRONG — A South China man was arrested Thursday after a deputy stopped a vehicle for speeding and reported finding marijuana. Deputy Brian McCormick conducted a traffic stop on Route 4, when a vehicle was clocked going 79 mph in a 55 mph zone. As a result of the stop, Derek Farnsworth, 20, of South China […]
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Legislature overturns LePage veto on recreational marijuana bill
AUGUSTA – The Legislature on Wednesday overturned a veto by Republican Gov. Paul LePage that would have again stalled the legal sale of recreational marijuana, taking a major step toward launching a legal retail market for the drug. The votes of 109-39 in the House and 28-6 in the Senate sets Maine on a path […]
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Paul LePage vetoes recreational marijuana bill
Gov. Paul LePage on Friday vetoed a bill to launch Maine’s adult-use marijuana market. LePage, a staunch opponent of marijuana, said he doesn’t want Maine to operate two different marijuana programs – medical and adult-use – with two different tax rates and two different sets of rules and raised concerns about the impact of marijuana impairment […]
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Industry couple face charges involving teen
FARMINGTON — An Industry man and his girlfriend were arrested this week after he was charged with giving his son marijuana and she tried to get the teen to change his statement to police, Franklin County Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. said. Jason Hawkins, 37, was charged with felony aggravated furnishing of a scheduled drug to […]
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Reduced home-grow limit offensive, pot advocates say
The proposed rollback of home grow limits in Maine has some marijuana advocates crying foul. Limiting the number of flowering plants grown at home for recreational use at three is half what Maine voters approved in November 2016, but it puts Maine squarely in the middle of the pack among those states that have legalized […]
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L-A head shops celebrate 4/20
Devin Urquhart of Lewiston, whose alias is “Blunt Man” dances in front of Legal Peaces, a head shop on Lisbon Street in Lewiston on Friday morning. “It’s 4/20, my favorite holiday and I’m just rocking out here to get some attention for the business,” Urquhart said. The figure 4:20, also written as 420 or 4/20, […]
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Medical marijuana reform bill advances
A bill to reform the state’s medical marijuana program appeared headed to Gov. Paul LePage on Wednesday. The second major piece of cannabis legislation to pass both houses of the Legislature in as many days would expand the number of people who can qualify for a medical marijuana card, increase the number of state-licensed dispensaries […]
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Pot holiday 4/20 traces roots to California high school stoners
SAN RAFAEL, Calif. (AP) — Friday is April 20, or 4/20. That’s the numerical code for marijuana’s high holiday, a celebration and homage to pot’s enduring and universal slang for smoking. Festivities are planned worldwide, culminating with a synchronized smoke at 4:20 p.m. local time. How the marijuana-loving world came to mark the occasion is […]
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Bill to launch recreational marijuana market is on its way to Paul LePage’s desk
The Legislature is sending a bill to launch the adult-use marijuana market to Gov. Paul LePage Tuesday. LePage now has 10 days to take action on the bill – sign it, allow it to go into law without his signature, or use his gubernatorial veto to try to kill it, which is what the two-term […]
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Donny Christen urges marijuana advocates to work to change law
SKOWHEGAN — Fighting off the ravages of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Monday, marijuana advocate Donny Christen told an assembly of supporters outside the Somerset County Courthouse to keep up the fight for free access to pot and to work to change the laws in Augusta. “The reason we’re here is the fact the plant’s been […]