NECANN continues to help build cannabis industry in Maine with its 5th annual cannabis convention Oct 5-6 in Portland
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Asparagus makes way for weed in Canada’s fields
The appeal is clear: growing outdoors can cost as little as one-fifth that of greenhouse production and it can be marketed as being grown “au naturel” under the sun.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine, Maine Cannabis Report
City staff proposes capping Portland’s retail pot licenses at 20
Staffers say the limit is needed to protect the market and Portland’s economy, but some city councilors question the cap and the first-come, first-served method of awarding licenses.
Posted inNation & World, New England
A Capitol offense? Cannabis found in Vermont Statehouse flower beds
Capitol police say they don’t whether the plants are marijuana or hemp.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Jared Golden aims to allow federal programs give help to cannabis businesses
The 2nd District Democrat’s bill would drop restrictions that force the Small Business Administration to turn away companies seeking help for marijuana-related firms.
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North Carolina proposes smokable hemp ban as demand grows
The product’s popularity surged in the six months since the passage of the federal Hemp Farming Act of 2018.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Medical marijuana store on track to open in Brunswick this summer
Elevated Remedies, which hopes to open by late July or early August, would be the first medical cannabis storefront to open in the town since 2017.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, Maine Cannabis Report, News, Politics
With Mills’ signature, Maine finally has rules for recreational marijuana market
Maine’s adult-use marijuana industry will have the strictest residency rules in the nation.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, Morning Sentinel
China officials say outdated ordinance confused them, medical pot shop didn’t violate law
Town Manager Dennis Heath issued an apology letter to Route 3 store owner Nathan White after the incident, which highlighted confusion about the difference between retail and recreational marijuana sales.
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Illinois becomes 11th state to allow recreational marijuana
Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed legislation making Illinois the first state to implement a comprehensive statewide cannabis marketplace designed by legislators.