NECANN continues to help build cannabis industry in Maine with its 5th annual cannabis convention Oct 5-6 in Portland
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Asparagus makes way for weed in Canada’s fields
The appeal is clear: growing outdoors can cost as little as one-fifth that of greenhouse production and it can be marketed as being grown “au naturel” under the sun.
City staff proposes capping Portland’s retail pot licenses at 20
Staffers say the limit is needed to protect the market and Portland’s economy, but some city councilors question the cap and the first-come, first-served method of awarding licenses.
A Capitol offense? Cannabis found in Vermont Statehouse flower beds
Capitol police say they don’t whether the plants are marijuana or hemp.
Pot task force still on the job in Windham
Task force members say they are being cut out of the marijuana ordinance process.
Rep. Golden’s bill would allow federal programs to help cannabis businesses
The 2nd District Democrat’s bill would drop restrictions that force some Small Business Administration programs to turn away marijuana-related companies.
North Carolina proposes smokable hemp ban as demand grows
The product’s popularity surged in the six months since the passage of the federal Hemp Farming Act of 2018.
Medical marijuana store on track to open in Brunswick this summer
Elevated Remedies, which hopes to open by late July or early August, would be the first medical cannabis storefront to open in the town since 2017.
With Mills’ signature, Maine finally has rules for recreational marijuana market
Maine’s adult-use marijuana industry will have the strictest residency rules in the nation.
Brunswick planners approve permit for medical marijuana storefront
Midcoast Elevated will offer sales of extracts, edibles, flowers, lotions and an array of CBD products.