Maine has begun crafting its own rules for recreational pot amid uncertainty over whether the administration will enforce federal laws against it.
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Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News, Politics
Crowd offers ideas to lawmakers on marijuana sales regulation
Enforcement, taxes, workplace issues and the impact on towns are discussed, as legislators wait to see whether Washington will disrupt legalization.
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Posted inMaine Gardener, Source
It may be legal to grow marijuana in Maine, but it’s not easy to get gardening advice
Here are some tips on marijuana in Maine.
Posted inLocal & State, News
As pot goes legit, the dinner-table debate lights up
Will marijuana – now legal in Maine – become as accepted as alcohol at home and in social situations? Across the state, families are negotiating the new frontier.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Maine lawmakers review marijuana policies adopted by other states
The Legislature’s Committee on Marijuana Legalization Implementation begins the long process of crafting a structure for the marketplace.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, Maine Cannabis Report, News
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.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Schools and Education
Marijuana is still illegal, as far as Maine’s colleges and universities are concerned
The schools, like most in states that have legalized recreational pot, feel compelled to follow federal law and not run the risk of losing millions in funding.
Posted inLocal & State, News
As Mainers celebrate legal marijuana, where does new law draw the line?
Organizers of the ‘End of Cannabis Prohibition Party’ at the Gold Room in Portland on Monday night drop plans to include edibles after running into confusion about what is allowed under the new law.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Recreational marijuana is now legal in Maine. Here’s what you need to know
You have to be 21 or older to possess up to 2.5 ounces, you can’t use pot in public and you can’t buy it – but you can grow your own.
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State, News
Maine police departments say they’re ready as recreational pot becomes legal
With the voter=approved law now in effect, departments take cues from other states’ legalization of the drug.