A disabled worker says he’s found an effective alternative to opioids, but a paper mill and its insurer won’t pay for what federal law deems illegal.
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Several dozen people take part in Gardiner marijuana-for-trash event
Participants in the clean-up didn’t have to be licensed medical marijuana patients to receive the free gift of marijuana for picking up trash.
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Gardiner celebrates new downtown businesses
Opening downtown are a medical marijuana shop, pizza chain and a kids consignment shop.
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Emergency bill closing medical marijuana loophole signed into law
Cities and towns can now prohibit caregivers from growing pot any closer than 500 feet from a school property line.
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Caregivers raise alarm at hearing over proposed changes to Maine’s medical marijuana rules
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.