Marijuana
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PublishedMarch 6, 2025
Illegal grow houses have been entering Maine’s medical weed market for years, even after being busted by police
Four years ago, state officials first investigated a ‘prohibited collective’ of medical caregivers and illegal grow houses identical to the ones later raided by police. Now, 1 in 10 Maine caregivers exhibits the hallmarks of those same operations.
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PublishedMarch 4, 2025
Maine lawmakers, public health advocates seek tighter oversight of medical cannabis
The state's medical market lacks the same safeguards for contaminant testing as its recreational counterpart.
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PublishedFebruary 18, 2025
Maine’s cannabis chief investigated for possible conflict of interest
A legislative panel agrees to look into ties between John Hudak and a firm hired to track marijuana plants from seedling to sale.
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PublishedFebruary 14, 2025
Status of Hallowell’s cannabis shop moratorium unclear
The City Council voted last Monday for a six-month pause on new marijuana businesses, but failed to follow proper processes under state law and the city charter.
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PublishedJanuary 30, 2025
Meet the man helping Maine’s illegal weed growers get licenses
'I would not smoke my clients' stuff,' said the Brooklyn man helping Chinese immigrants become caregivers, adding that he hopes to improve their practices.
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PublishedJanuary 17, 2025
Maine’s medical marijuana would have testing mandate under new bill
The state's medical cannabis market does not require testing for chemicals or mold. Industry groups are pushing back against the bill.
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PublishedNovember 10, 2024
Opinion: Today’s potent marijuana is spawning public health dangers
The marijuana of 2024 is not your grandfather’s marijuana.
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PublishedOctober 31, 2024
‘Gray market weed’: Illegal grow house operators and their tainted product take refuge in Maine’s legal market
With a little paperwork and scant oversight, investigators say illegal grow houses tied to Chinese organized crime are increasingly shifting to the medical market, avoiding oversight in the process.
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PublishedOctober 18, 2024
Feds successful in taking Cornville home investigated for illegal marijuana grow
A home in Corinna that housed another suspected illegal growing operation was also ordered by a judge to be taken by federal authorities earlier this month.
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PublishedOctober 17, 2024
Lisbon councilors vote down request to have Lisbon Cannabis’ operating license suspended
Councilors took up a request to suspend or revoke Lisbon Cannabis' operating license and an EMS ordinance at its Tuesday meeting.
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