Roland Connor’s Manhattan shop is the first to benefit from a program that allocated dispensary licenses for people with marijuana-related convictions.
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Educate teens about marijuana danger, panelists say
High-potency marijuana used in vape pens and other devices increases the risks, according to experts at a forum in Yarmouth.
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Posted inBusiness, News
Maine’s adult-use cannabis sales nearly doubled in 2022
Legal sales of recreational marijuana soared 94% last year from 2021’s total. But the growth hasn’t always been easy, and there’s concern the market is becoming overcrowded.
Posted inBusiness, Opinion
From the Business Desk: The 2023 un-forecast
In Maine and nationwide, 2022 was a year of unexpected economic change. What’s ahead for the state in 2023? It may be safer to say what’s not on the horizon.
Posted inNation & World, News
Biden pardons 6 convicted of murder, drug, alcohol crimes
President Joe Biden has pardoned six people who’ve served out sentences after convictions on a murder charge and drug- and alcohol-related crimes.
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How the marijuana ‘green rush’ fell apart
A supply glut in several states has depressed prices for legal pot, pushing small businesses into turmoil.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Jim Fossel: Did anti-marijuana Republicans really have to play it SAFE?
Hesitance doomed the passage of a bill that would have helped small businesses across America.
Posted inBusiness, Maine Cannabis Report
In South America, investors bet on big pharma buying cannabis
Increasing legalization of marijuana is expected to spur pharmaceutical companies to develop medicines from the plant.
Posted inBusiness, Maine Cannabis Report, New England
Massachusetts adding cannabis to driver’s education program
It’s the first state to adopt the curriculum designed by AAA Northeast.
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Crackdown on cashless ATMs leaves cannabis stores scrambling
Many businesses have been using the method to get around credit card companies’ block on marijuana transactions.