It’s time to counter the growing idea that it’s just not that dangerous for the still-developing brain.
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Posted inHealth, Maine, Schools and Education
Cavalier attitudes about vaping, marijuana raise fears about teen health
Smoking and drinking have declined among Maine youths in recent years, but the percentage of high schoolers who said they vaped in the past 30 days rose from 16.8% in 2015 to 30.2% in 2019.
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Posted inBusiness
War on drugs locked him up. Now he’s a cannabis entrepreneur
Roland Connor’s Manhattan shop is the first to benefit from a program that allocated dispensary licenses for people with marijuana-related convictions.
Posted inBusiness, News
Maine’s adult-use cannabis sales nearly doubled in 2022
Legal sales of recreational marijuana soared 94% last year from 2021’s total. But the growth hasn’t always been easy, and there’s concern the market is becoming overcrowded.
Posted inNation & World, News
Biden pardons 6 convicted of murder, drug, alcohol crimes
President Joe Biden has pardoned six people who’ve served out sentences after convictions on a murder charge and drug- and alcohol-related crimes.
Posted inOpinion
Jim Fossel: Did anti-marijuana Republicans really have to play it SAFE?
Hesitance doomed the passage of a bill that would have helped small businesses across America.
Posted inBusiness, Maine Cannabis Report, New England
Massachusetts adding cannabis to driver’s education program
It’s the first state to adopt the curriculum designed by AAA Northeast.
Posted inLocal Government, News
Jay seeks reimbursement for expenses related to recreational cannabis, including ordinance, vote
Ronda Palmer, Jay code enforcement office and town clerk, has requested reimbursement for about $7,500.
Posted inBusiness, Maine Cannabis Report, Nation & World
Crackdown on cashless ATMs leaves cannabis stores scrambling
Many businesses have been using the method to get around credit card companies’ block on marijuana transactions.
Posted inBusiness, Maine Cannabis Report
Connecticut hemp farmers want to be given preference for growing recreational marijuana
Farmers say they’re already struggling with low hemp prices and fear losing out to bigger companies when licenses to grow cannabis become available.