Maine’s call for information as its recreational marijuana industry emerges leads two big players on the U.S. scene to treat the request as a help-wanted ad.
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Draft bill would allow Maine dispensaries, caregivers to sell recreational marijuana
Medical marijuana caregivers also could join the for-profit adult-use market under the plan, but both are subject to change.
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Draft bill would tax Maine recreational pot sales at 20%
It would prohibit marijuana social clubs until June 1, 2019, but allow drive-thru and internet purchases.
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Maine marijuana activist detained at border, denied entry to Canada
Paul McCarrier says border agents cited a 2008 protest arrest as the reason – the charges were later dropped – but he also thinks his legalization role was a factor.
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Court case presents challenge to medical pot in injury case
A disabled worker says he’s found an effective alternative to opioids, but a paper mill and its insurer won’t pay for what federal law deems illegal.
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Emergency bill closing medical marijuana loophole signed into law
Cities and towns can now prohibit caregivers from growing pot any closer than 500 feet from a school property line.
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Caregivers raise alarm at hearing over proposed changes to Maine’s medical marijuana rules
About 100 people attend the meeting to speak against proposed rules that would tighten the oversight of those who cultivate of medical cannabis.
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Marijuana caregivers band together to battle state’s efforts to tighten regulations
Providers and patients who grow their own pot worry that the new rules could cost them their license or even their freedom.
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Panel divided over bill to prevent medical pot users from being denied organ transplants
After Maine Med defends its strict prohibition, which came after two patients died from an illness tied to a fungus found in marijuana, a committee votes 6-5 against endorsing the legislation.
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Maine sees big surge in medical pot growers and patients
Observers link the 2016 increase to gaining experience in advance of recreational-use sales and to more interest in cannabis for treating chronic pain.