Maine Cannabis Report - Portland Press Herald

Garbage from Washington state’s booming pot industry clogs gutters, sewers and landfills

by Kristen Millares Young Special to the Washington Post August 14, 2018August 14, 2018

Marijuana packaging and other waste is putting the state’s environmentalist credentials to the test.

by Michael E. Ruane The Washington Post August 8, 2018

The landmark home is part of an effort to return industrial hemp to its historical context and promote its use in the modern world.

by J.J. McCullough The Washington post August 1, 2018

Canadians may soon find that their government’s decision to normalize a “victimless crime” has in fact victimized their American dreams.

by Kevin Orland Bloomberg News July 25, 2018July 25, 2018

The move continues a trend of U.S. cannabis companies heading north, where federal laws don’t inhibit access to international markets.

by Sophie Quinton Tribune News Service July 25, 2018July 25, 2018

Supporters see an opportunity to repair decades of harm done to poor and minority groups disproportionately arrested for pot use.

by Lornet Turnbull and Katie Zezima The Washington Post July 11, 2018July 11, 2018

If you think being able to legally buy cannabis in Maine and Canada will mean you can cross the border with it, you’re wrong.

By a wide margin, legislators override a veto by Gov. Paul LePage to push forward changes in the state’s medical marijuana industry.

by JULIAN HATTEM Associated Press July 4, 2018July 4, 2018

Polling shows public support for the initiative, but opposition from Republican and religious leaders is expected to intensify.

by Associated Press July 4, 2018

But the law has no provision for pot shops, meaning users must either grow it themselves or buy it from illicit dealers.