Industry group recommends new medical cannabis rules for Maine
A group of medical marijuana providers, customers and other interested parties made recommendations to a legislative committee Monday for new rules that it says would protect consumers without causing...
View ArticleReport: Maine is curbing illegal cannabis market at faster rate than other...
State policymakers believe that Maine’s illicit cannabis market is smaller than in other states with adult-use cannabis laws. New data show that 15% of cannabis purchased in Maine came from… The post...
View ArticleMaine’s marijuana industry booming no thanks to banks
The cannabis industry in Maine is a big money-maker, make no mistake about it. In 2020, Maine’s medical marijuana industry generated $266 million in sales, according to Maine Revenue Services,… The...
View ArticleRecreational marijuana prices dropping as product floods the market in Maine
The cost of getting high is going down. The average cost of flower or bud in Maine’s adult-use cannabis market has decreased by over 41 percent in the last two… The post Recreational marijuana prices...
View ArticleFederal Appeals Court: Maine’s Cannabis Licensee Residency Requirement is...
On August 17, the First Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the the holding of the US District Court for the District of Maine that the residency requirements of Maine’s Medical… The post Federal Appeals...
View ArticleMarijuana money will bail out Maine’s struggling veterans homes
Maine Veterans’ Homes will get $2.6 million from a state marijuana fund to close a funding gap between Medicare rates and the cost of caring for Mainers who served in the military… The post Marijuana...
View ArticleCannabis businesses boom in Maine, but access to banking’s a bust
Every few weeks, Steve Rusnack fills up his gas tank and sets off for the roughly 500-mile round trip between his cannabis shop in Fort Kent and his bank in… The post Cannabis businesses boom in Maine,...
View ArticleBlack market marijuana tied to Chinese criminal networks infiltrates Maine
Maine is the newest frontier for the illicit marijuana trade, with potentially hundreds of suspected unlicensed grow houses operating in the state, a CBS News investigation has found. It’s part… The...
View ArticleUtility company’s proposal to rat out hidden marijuana operations to police...
BANGOR, Maine (AP) — Operators of illegal marijuana grow enterprises hidden inside rural homes in Maine don’t have to worry much about prying neighbors. But their staggering electric bills may… The...
View ArticleMaine regulators reject utility proposal to report suspected marijuana grow...
Maine utility regulators unanimously rejected on Tuesday an electric utility’s proposal to proactively report high consumption that signals a marijuana growing operation to law enforcement officials in...
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