The legislative committee that oversees Maine’s medical marijuana program wants to suspend controversial new rules cracking down on caregivers. The state Department of Health and Human Services finalized the rules last year and is scheduled to implement them on Feb. 1, but the Legislature’s Health and Human Services Committee wants to put those rules on […]
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Legislative panels vote to extend ban on adult-use pot, delay medical rules
Two state legislative committees considering marijuana regulations have decided they need more time to fine-tune their proposals. One committee voted Friday to extend a statewide ban on launching the adult-use marijuana market from Feb. 1 until April 18. The other committee voted Thursday night to delay the Feb. 1 implementation of controversial new medical marijuana rules until it had time to develop […]
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Two marijuana caregivers sue Maine agency in effort to block new regulations
The owners of a Belfast medical marijuana shop are going to federal court in an attempt to stop Maine from implementing new medical marijuana regulations next month. Caregivers Justin Olsen and Nancy Shaw of New World Organics say the rules violate patient privacy and force caregivers to divulge confidential patient information to the state. The […]
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Marijuana legalization panel votes to delay social cannabis clubs until 2023
In their first major concession to Gov. Paul LePage, lawmakers crafting rules for Maine’s legal adult-use cannabis industry agreed Tuesday to ban social clubs until 2023. The Legislature’s Marijuana Legalization Implementation Committee voted 5-1 to delay social club licensing for five years in hopes of pacifying those who last year voted against a bill that would have […]
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'No' to marijuana, junk food
I read in the dictionary that marijuana is an Indian hemp, cannabis sativa. It is used as a hallucinogen. It causes hallucinations, false notions, beliefs or impressions, illusions, delusions, wandering of the mind. I doubt that it has curative powers, as some claim. It may merely make a person forget their ailment. In my opinion, […]
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Pennsylvania: ‘They can have their guns or their marijuana, but not both’
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The federal government says grass and guns don’t mix, and that is putting gun owners who use marijuana — and the strongly pro-gun-rights administration of President Donald Trump — in a potentially uncomfortable position. As gun-loving Pennsylvania becomes the latest state to operate a medical marijuana program, with the first dispensary […]
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Maine lawmakers trying to rein in large medical marijuana growers
AUGUSTA — State lawmakers want to overhaul Maine’s medical marijuana caregiver program. On Wednesday, the Legislature’s Health and Human Services Committee held hearings on seven new medical cannabis bills, ranging from a plan to tax adult-use cannabis to pay for medical cannabis testing to a bill that would allow opioid addicts to qualify for medical […]
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Pro-cannabis Trump supporters want Sessions to rethink enforcement
PORTLAND (AP) — The Trump administration’s anti-marijuana move has some members of the president’s voting base fuming. Fans of President Donald Trump who use marijuana say Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ move to tighten federal oversight of the drug is the first time they’ve felt let down by the man they helped elect. The move feels […]
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Maine’s federal prosecutor says pot charges will be considered on a case-by-case basis
The U.S. Attorney for Maine said Tuesday that he can’t declare that his office won’t prosecute marijuana possession, but such cases have not been a priority. Halsey B. Frank said he has been asked about his approach to enforcing federal laws against marijuana possession and use after U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions repealed an Obama […]
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Lawmakers propose extending retail pot ban until May
AUGUSTA — In an effort to give themselves some breathing room, lawmakers overhauling the voter-approved marijuana legalization law Tuesday introduced a bill that would extend the ban on retail sales until May 1. Sen. Roger Katz, R-Augusta and chair of the Marijuana Legalization Implementation Committee, proposed extending the moratorium, due to expire on Feb. 1, […]