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PublishedApril 17, 2025
Another weed shop opened on Forest Ave. This is how they all survive.
There are now six cannabis shops within a mile and a half of Forest Avenue, and their owners say there's room for all of them.
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PublishedMarch 23, 2025
Industry-backed lawmakers lead effort to further loosen regulation of medical cannabis in Maine
Maine's medical marijuana laws are already among the loosest in the country. Two key lawmakers are pushing to ease regulations further after receiving financial support from the industry.
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PublishedMarch 22, 2025
Maine lawmakers consider bill to make banking easier for the cannabis industry
Since cannabis is still illegal under federal law, the lucrative industry has struggled with limited access to loans and other bank services.
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PublishedMarch 6, 2025
Illegal grow houses have been entering Maine’s medical weed market for years, even after being busted by police
Four years ago, state officials first investigated a ‘prohibited collective’ of medical caregivers and illegal grow houses identical to the ones later raided by police. Now, 1 in 10 Maine caregivers exhibits the hallmarks of those same operations.
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PublishedMarch 4, 2025
Maine lawmakers, public health advocates seek tighter oversight of medical cannabis
The state's medical market lacks the same safeguards for contaminant testing as its recreational counterpart.
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PublishedFebruary 25, 2025
Maine inches toward allowing cannabis ‘social clubs’
The idea, approved by voters in 2016, is picking up steam with a new report recommending how to regulate 'cannabis hospitality establishments.'
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PublishedFebruary 18, 2025
Maine’s cannabis chief investigated for possible conflict of interest
A legislative panel agrees to look into ties between John Hudak and a firm hired to track marijuana plants from seedling to sale.
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PublishedFebruary 14, 2025
Status of Hallowell’s cannabis shop moratorium unclear
The City Council voted last Monday for a six-month pause on new marijuana businesses, but failed to follow proper processes under state law and the city charter.
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PublishedFebruary 12, 2025
Recreational cannabis brought in millions last year. Maine towns could finally get a cut.
The Legislature is considering 2 bills that would implement revenue sharing across the state's recreational cannabis industry.
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PublishedJanuary 30, 2025
Meet the man helping Maine’s illegal weed growers get licenses
'I would not smoke my clients' stuff,' said the Brooklyn man helping Chinese immigrants become caregivers, adding that he hopes to improve their practices.
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