With retail sales growing closer in Maine, the Maine Cannabis Convention draws about 40 more exhibitors this year.
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Third annual cannabis convention rolls out this weekend in Portland
The two-day event featuring marijuana education and networking is geared toward those seeking opportunities in the budding business.
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Maine’s marijuana social clubs likely to be no-smoking venues
Draft rules are unlikely to contain an exemption to state law barring smoking in public places, so pot would have to be consumed through edibles or tincture.
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Conflicting advice on cannabis market presented to Maine’s marijuana rulemakers
A dozen groups respond to the state’s request for best practice suggestions as it crafts the state’s first recreational marijuana regulations.
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National marijuana consultants pitch their services to Maine
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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Edibles grab larger share of medical marijuana market
For some, ingesting marijuana is a better way to reap the benefits of cannabis, and various providers are eager to meet that demand.
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Edibles high can outlast that from smoking
Cannabis that is digested through the stomach can have an eight-hour effect.
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House passes bill to require agriculture department to test marijuana for safety
But the measure faces further votes in the Legislature and scrutiny from Gov. LePage, who wants the Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations to oversee recreational pot.
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Massachusetts deal calls for up to 20% tax on pot sales
The bill splits the difference between the House preference of a 28% tax and the Senate’s option at 12%.
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Lawmakers seek tax on pot that raises revenue but keeps buyers off black market
The legislative committee that’s writing the rules for legal recreational marijuana expects to have a bill ready this fall.