The proposal, which now goes before the City Council, would allow adult-use businesses in the same zones where the city permitted medical dispensaries and their grow operations in 2010.
Marijuana legalization
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Retail, medical marijuana licenses up for grabs in Hallowell
Cultivation, product manufacturing, testing and retail stores could get local licenses, but still need the state’s OK before opening.
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Posted inLife & Culture, Nation & World, News
Things to know before you go to Canada for legal marijuana
For starters, you can’t bring it back to the States.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Canada now world’s largest legal marijuana marketplace
Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon said it’s time for the U.S. government to follow Canada’s lead.
Posted inLocal & State, Local Elections, News
Topsham ballot questions seek residents’ views on retail marijuana sales
The votes will inform town selectmen as they develop an ordinance that would then be decided at a town meeting next May.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, Maine Cannabis Report, News
Cannabis industry professionals gather in Portland as budding retail market takes shape
A Washington, D.C.-based trade group is told that Maine’s adult-use marijuana law isn’t likely to be fully implemented until next fall.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Seed vendors take root at annual Maine Cannabis Convention
The number of people who want to grow their own marijuana at home has been going up as Maine struggles to develop a commercial market for recreational marijuana.
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Maine DHHS urges pot users to keep drug away from children
The Northern New England Poison Center received 16 calls for accidental marijuana ingestion in 2017, up from 2 such calls in 2016, and Maine officials believe edible forms of the drug present the greatest risk.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
California testing of cannabis products off to rough start with high failure rate
Some items are tainted and others just need label fixes, but critics call the rules unrealistic.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Congress should recognize states’ rights on cannabis
Denying Maine’s $50 million industry access to the banking system is a recipe for trouble.