PORTLAND (AP) — The largest medical marijuana trade show in New England is in Bangor on Saturday. Homegrown Maine 2014 takes place at the Spectacular Events Center in the city. Medical Marijuana Caregivers of Maine organizes the event, which is in its third year. A spokeswoman for the organization said the event is geared at […]
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NLRB becomes involved in labor dispute with Auburn medical marijuana grower
PORTLAND — The National Labor Relations Board has entered uncharted territory by validating allegations of worker retaliation and union-busting practices by the Wellness Connection of Maine, which grows medical marijuana for distribution in the state. But while the country’s top food workers’ union hailed the board recognition as a victory in its labor battle with […]
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Legal pot advocates turn attention to statewide referendum
PORTLAND — A decisive vote legalizing recreational marijuana in Maine’s largest city sets the state for advocates to push for a law that would make pot legal statewide. By a margin of 67-33 percent, Portland voters on Tuesday supported a referendum making it legal for adults 21 and over to possess up to 2 ½ […]
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Portland approves recreational pot by wide margin
PORTLAND — Maine’s largest city legalized possession of marijuana for recreational use on Tuesday in a vote that has been eyed as an indicator of support levels in the Northeast following last year’s votes out West. The proposal, making it legal for adults 21 and older to possess up to 2½ ounces of pot in […]
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Glassblowers see pot legalization as a boon to business
PORTLAND — In an anonymous storefront in Bayside, doughnuts are made around the clock. Phish music blares, chocolate frosting drizzles. Brian Owoc grabs a hot doughnut with an oven mitt. It resembles a real bakery, except instead of flour and sugar, there’s glass and fire. You won’t see these doughnuts sold by the dozen, but […]
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Pot legalization effort moves eastward to Maine
PORTLAND — Advocates of recreational marijuana use are looking to an upcoming vote in Maine as an indicator of whether the East Coast is ready to follow in the footsteps of Colorado and Washington by legalizing cannabis. Voters in Portland are being asked whether they want to make it legal for adults 21 and over […]
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Auburn man charged with selling pot brownie to teenage girl
AUBURN — An Auburn man was arrested Friday, charged with selling a pot-laced brownie to a 16-year-old girl. Isaiah Pendexter, 19, of 80 Foster Road, was jailed Friday afternoon after police charged him with aggravated trafficking in marijuana. Police said Pendexter sold the brownie to the girl, who then shared it with another girl Friday […]
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Matriarch of Monroe family charged in marijuana operation goes on trial Monday
BANGOR — The matriarch of a Monroe family accused of running a large scale marijuana operation out of their home from November 2006 to November 2011 will go on trial Monday in U.S. District Court. Darlene Ford , 58, has pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to manufacture 100 or more marijuana plants, maintaining a drug-involved […]