Three years after legalizing adult-use marijuana, the state’s still waiting for retail shops. Consultants say the economy paid the price as dollars and expertise went elsewhere.
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Portland wants to score marijuana store applicants
A proposed scoring system for the city’s 20 licenses would favor women- and minority-owned businesses, Maine residents, those willing to share profits with the city and those with a business track record.
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Marijuana testing labs: Will Maine have enough?
Other states have struggled to license enough, resulting in long delays, supply shortfalls and testing waivers
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Maine’s first pick-your-own hemp field opens in Whitefield
About 50 people flock to Sheepscot General Farm, believed to be only the second publicly accessible hemp field in the U.S., on the first of 4 days of picking for consumers looking for plants to turn into CBD lotions and tinctures.
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Cooking with cannabis has come a long way since your parents’ pot brownies
Once retail sales of marijuana begin in Maine, probably next year, home cooks will have a new ingredient to play with in the kitchen. Here’s advice from people who have been making edibles for years.
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Confusion reigns as Maine rolls out its marijuana tracking system
The state’s pot policy office initially describes a costly tagging system for tracing products from plant to retail, then offers a more business-friendly explanation hours later.
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In era of legal pot, can police search cars based on odor?
Increasingly, motorists in states where marijuana is legal in some form are objecting when police insist on a search.
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Maine’s Route 1: Lobster shacks, blueberry stands – and cannabis
More than 20 medical marijuana shops dot the roadway, tempting tourists to stop and peruse their wares.
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NECANN Maine 2019 Cannabis Convention
NECANN continues to help build cannabis industry in Maine with its 5th annual cannabis convention Oct 5-6 in Portland
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Bath may soon allow retail pot sales
City councilors gave preliminary approval last week to an ordinance allowing recreational stores and dispensaries in a wide swath through the center of the city.