Brian J. Bilodeau had 183 pounds of marijuana and butane hash oil in a vault room in the basement of his Auburn home, according to a court affidavit.
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Maine’s pot legalization committee reaches agreement on rewrite of voter-approved law
The bill it endorses would tax retail sales at 10 percent and halve the number of plants that could be grown for personal use.
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Voter-approved law says Mainers can grow 6 pot plants each, but lawmakers want to make it 3
A legislative panel that is revising the state’s adult-use marijuana law say the compromise would please opponents and reduce the risk of black-market sales.
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Maine man guilty of growing hundreds of pot plants without a license
Federal agents seized about 400 plants and 295 root balls from James Mansfield’s indoor facility in May 2016.
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Marijuana causes less brain damage than alcohol, new study suggests
Researchers at the University of Colorado in Boulder find that alcohol is more damaging to the brain and that pot doesn’t appear to alter its structure.
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U.S. data show increase in fatal crashes on April 20, day of pot events
Maine’s data set is too small to be statistically significant, but Canadian researchers find that, overall, U.S. drivers are at a greater risk on the roads that day than a week earlier or later.
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Medical marijuana sales, caregivers and patient numbers decline
Caregivers and dispensary owners blame the ‘gray market’ caused by Maine’s emerging adult-use market for the first decline in the state’s medical marijuana industry since it began nearly 7 years ago.
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Republican bill would allow more drug testing of Maine workers
Now that marijuana is legal, the proposed overhaul of workplace impairment law seeks to give companies more powers to maintain safety, but critics say the plan goes too far.
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Bangor man pleads guilty to running large pot-growing operation
Federal agents seized about 400 marijuana plants and 295 root balls at the indoor facility in Frankfort.
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Lacking clarity from state, towns act to ban pot shops
At least 19 communities say ‘no’ or ‘not yet’ to marijuana retail, but critics warn that the black market will thrive.