Opiate-related deaths were down 6 percent in the state after legalization.
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Posted inBusiness, Local & State, Maine Cannabis Report
Third annual cannabis convention rolls out this weekend in Portland
The two-day event featuring marijuana education and networking is geared toward those seeking opportunities in the budding business.
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Posted inLocal & State, Maine Cannabis Report, News
Disabled marijuana cultivators face eviction from apartment
The Lewiston growers say they started growing marijuana because they couldn’t afford to buy it.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, Maine Cannabis Report, News, Politics
Limits on personal marijuana grows likely to dominate public hearing
Lawmakers will hear from the public Tuesday on all aspects of their proposed rules. How much pot someone can grow on their own property is likely to be a contentious issue.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: With marijuana, Maine should go ‘low and slow’
As legislators craft legal-pot regulations, they’d do well to keep the new policy conservative.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, Maine Cannabis Report, News
Maine judges hear landmark case for pot reimbursements under workers’ comp
A Supreme Judicial Court panel focuses on the conflict between ordering payment for a federally illegal drug and potentially leaving an injured worker to use prescription opioids.
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State, News
U.S. Border Patrol in Maine warns legalization won’t halt marijuana seizures
Officers will continue to enforce federal law and confiscate pot, so be careful along the border, says chief agent Daniel Hiebert.
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Mainers won’t be selling recreational pot by February deadline
The legislative wheels are turning, but too slowly to move marijuana out of the black market this winter.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Lawmakers propose 20% tax on recreational marijuana
Five percent of that would be paid to communities that host growing and retail operations.
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Dozens pick up Gardiner trash, with pot giveaway as incentive
A medical marijuana grower offered a gram for every bag of trash collected on city streets.