Activists worry that marijuana cultivation subjects North Coast forests to a barrage of environmental assaults.
Cannabis Report
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California’s underground pot market continues to thrive
Is the tax man to blame?
Massachusetts councilors tour Portland dispensary
Officials from Peabody, Massachusetts, toured the Wellness Connection operation in Portland. The dispensary’s parent company is considering opening an operation there.
Maine Senate joins House in passing recreational marijuana bill by veto-proof majority
The compromise legislation to regulate the voter-approved adult-use marijuana market is expected to go to Gov. LePage within days.
Fake pot likely tainted with rat poison kills 3, sickens 100
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has alerted doctors nationwide that patients with severe, unexplained bleeding may be additional cases.
By wide margin, House passes bill that would launch Maine’s recreational marijuana market
Compromises win over some of the staunchest foes of a previous effort to set rules for adult-use pot in Maine – and the 112-34 vote indicates it can survive a veto.
THC on tap: Blue Moon brewer plans new beer with weed instead of alcohol
One big advantage to a weed beer could be its mitigation of hangovers
Medical marijuana protections don’t apply on federal land, appeals court rules
An earlier decision held that medical marijuana businesses on federal lands could not be prosecuted as long as no state laws were broken.
Poland enacts retail marijuana moratorium
The move delays creation of stores and production facilities for at least six months as statewide regulations are worked out.
Marijuana-friendly states want meeting with Sessions
State treasurers write a letter appealing to the U.S. attorney general to help resolve conflicts between federal and state laws.