PORTLAND — Maine’s medical marijuana industry accounted for up to $75 million in sales and generated as much as much as $5 million in tax revenue for the state last year. The numbers are small but experts and lawmakers say they are expected to grow, especially if Maine joins other states and legalizes recreational pot […]
medical marijuana
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Medical marijuana sales climbing higher in Maine
Medical marijuana sales at the state’s dispensaries grew more than 30 percent in 2014 to over $16 million, according to Maine Revenue Services — and that figure doesn’t include the thousands of people legally buying direct from growers. Last year, the state recorded $16.2 million in sales and collected $892,885 in sales tax from the […]
advertisement
Posted inLocal & State
Maine medical marijuana dispensary group promotes study that says THC slows Alzheimer’s disease
GARDINER — Few people know about a recent preclinical study by the Byrd Alzheimer’s Institute in Florida that states THC, the component in marijuana that gets users high, may slow the progress of Alzheimer’s disease, according to Becky DeKeuster of Wellness Connection of Maine. “Patients in Maine don’t seem to know about the benefits of […]
Posted inLocal & State
Medical marijuana users rent downtown Bangor space to take their medicine
BANGOR — A local group of medical marijuana patients is renting a space downtown where they can smoke or ingest their medicine. A group calling itself the 13 Owls Club is renting on an hourly basis the VIP smoking area above the recently expanded hookah lounge run by the Herbal Tea & Tobacco shop in […]
Posted inLocal & State, sj-web
4 arrested in armed heist of medical marijuana
WINTERPORT — Two more people have been arrested in connection with the armed robbery of a medical marijuana grower in Winterport this fall. Police say a total of four people are facing charges in the Sept. 21 robbery in which three of the suspects dressed up as law enforcement officers. Kerry Hurd was arrested Thursday […]
Posted inLocal & State, sj-web
Maine medical pot dispensary moving to Gardiner
GARDINER (AP) — A new medical marijuana dispensary is set to begin operations in Gardiner. The Kennebec Journal (http://bit.ly/12kxiyB ) reported that the Wellness Connection of Maine will open its doors next week in a 103-year-old former train station. The building has been vacant for more than a decade. The state’s largest medical marijuana provider […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State, sj-web
Marijuana advocates hope Maine goes legal next
SOUTH PORTLAND (AP) — Marijuana advocates want to finally take their legalization drive — thus far the province of western states — to the Northeast, and they say the first state to do it here might be Maine. The Pine Tree State has a long history with cannabis — Maine voters approved medical marijuana legalization […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Colisee backs out of Lewiston cannabis show
LEWISTON — Plans for Androscoggin County’s first medical marijuana show, scheduled for this Friday and Saturday at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee, have been nipped in the bud. Mike Cain, general manager of the Colisee, said he decided to cancel the Legal Peaces Medical Cannabis Show for fear of angering state police. “We just got the […]
Posted inLocal & State, sj-web
Caribou doctor fined because of marijuana clinic
AUGUSTA — A doctor who held a marijuana clinic at a hotel and failed to adequately document examinations has been reprimanded by the board that licenses physicians in Maine. The board announced Monday that Dr. William Ortiz accepted a consent agreement in which he’s paying a $2,000 fine and reimbursing the Board of Licensure in […]
Posted inBusiness, sj-web
Medical marijuana’s economic impact hard to measure
Learn About Tableau BANGOR — Jim Burke of LaGrange grows and sells medical marijuana, along with baked goods and butter infused with the medicinal plant. He considers himself an “activist at heart,” but he’s also at the center of a growing business community that contributes nearly $5 million to state coffers each year, by some […]