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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 10, 2025
Bill seeks to give Maine legislators final approval over chief of cannabis office
State officials say the legislation unfairly singles out the Office of Cannabis Policy and undermines the executive branch, while supporters say it's an important step in restoring trust and transparency for the industry.
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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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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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PublishedNovember 24, 2024
Maine’s recalls of moldy cannabis prompt questions on state testing standards
On the heels of back-to-back-to-back recalls, industry members are calling for an examination of the state's standards for yeast and mold, which they say are simultaneously too tight and too broad.
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PublishedNovember 10, 2024
Maine regulators increase audits of recreational cannabis after 3rd recall in 2 months
The Maine Office of Cannabis Policy has released little information about the recalls, including which yeasts and molds were found in samples, contamination levels, and how the products made it onto shelves after passing initial tests.
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PublishedNovember 7, 2024
Third recreational cannabis recall issued in as many months
The recall impacts 1/8-ounce packages of cannabis flower sold Oct. 11-24 at 4 dispensaries in Bethel, Biddeford and Sanford.
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PublishedOctober 31, 2024
‘Gray market weed’: Illegal grow house operators and their tainted product take refuge in Maine’s legal market
With a little paperwork and scant oversight, investigators say illegal grow houses tied to Chinese organized crime are increasingly shifting to the medical market, avoiding oversight in the process.
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