About 100 people attend the meeting to speak against proposed rules that would tighten the oversight of those who cultivate of medical cannabis.
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Marijuana caregivers band together to battle state’s efforts to tighten regulations
Providers and patients who grow their own pot worry that the new rules could cost them their license or even their freedom.
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Jeff Sessions asking Congress to let him prosecute medical marijuana providers
But research strongly suggests that cracking down on medical marijuana laws could perversely make the opiate epidemic even worse.
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Survey: Pot may reduce patients’ opioid use
Chronic pain sufferers say they were able to cut their intake of prescription opioids and other medicines.
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Panel divided over bill to prevent medical pot users from being denied organ transplants
After Maine Med defends its strict prohibition, which came after two patients died from an illness tied to a fungus found in marijuana, a committee votes 6-5 against endorsing the legislation.
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Lawmakers split on how to regulate retail marijuana sales in Maine
The divided committee vote reflects differences in opinion about which state agency – or agencies – should license marijuana businesses.
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Marijuana user who lost place on transplant list asks lawmakers to change hospital policy
Medical marijuana users currently are not eligible for organ transplants at Maine Medical Center.
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Maine sees big surge in medical pot growers and patients
Observers link the 2016 increase to gaining experience in advance of recreational-use sales and to more interest in cannabis for treating chronic pain.
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Medical marijuana shop opens in downtown Hallowell
The city created a task force to look at how Hallowell will approach the legalization of recreational marijuana, which was approved by Maine voters in a referendum in November.
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Opponents of legalized pot urge Maine lawmakers to take lead in crafting regulations
A No on 1 campaign official says recreational use involves many complicated issues, necessitating a broad and thoughtful approach to the rulemaking process.