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 […]
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Rally pushes to speed up medical marijuana access
BOSTON — Massachusetts residents suffering from multiple sclerosis, Lou Gehrig’s disease and other debilitating illnesses rallied at the Statehouse Thursday to call on Gov. Deval Patrick to speed up the process for opening medical marijuana dispensaries so they can safely purchase the drug. Matthew Allen, executive director of the Massachusetts Patient Advocacy Alliance, said patients […]
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Medical marijuana primary caregiver lands in Yarmouth
YARMOUTH — Sean Wyatt’s mother suffered from grand mal epilepsy. Her seizures were so intense, her collarbone once shattered and ripped through her skin. But when she began using medical marijuana in 2009, after voters passed the Maine Medical Marijuana Act, Wyatt witnessed the drug’s therapeutic effects. He also saw an opportunity. Wyatt, who was studying […]
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Maine medical marijuana users fear loss of subsidized housing
PORTLAND — Some medical marijuana patients may have to choose between their cannabis and their federally subsidized housing if a state moratorium is not renewed before its Oct. 1 deadline. While state housing officials say it’s unlikely the deadline will pass without action, the prospect is still unnerving to those who may be affected. “I’ll […]
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Assault suspect released from Androscoggin County Jail
AUBURN — A Lewiston man who was arrested June 26 and charged with beating a man with a two-by-four in a dispute over medical marijuana has been released from the Androscoggin County Jail. Derek Daniel Fox, 41, of 156 Hogan Road was charged with elevated aggravated assault in the attack that sent the victim to […]
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Medical marijuana: Hundreds in Maine apply to grow, state program takes in more than $600,000 in fees
AUGUSTA — An annual report by the Department of Health and Human Services released Thursday shows the medical marijuana program has been growing in Maine and is in the midst of a reorganization. Some 575 people applied to the state last year to grow medical marijuana — 521 of those new applications. The state’s eight […]
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Marijuana: The patients, the politics, the future
“Patrick” eats half a marijuana-laced brownie every night to keep away chronic diabetic nerve pain. The Sabattus man has a note from his doctor and buys from the local dispensary. Two years ago, “Barbie” in Peru secretly swapped legal prescription painkillers for marijuana for her chronic neck pain, growing one or two plants on the […]
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Reporter query: Medical marijuana
Do you use medical marijuana or serve as a caregiver growing for someone else? The Sun Journal would like to talk with you for an upcoming story. Please contact staff writer Kathryn Skelton at [email protected] or 689-2844. Thanks.