Pure Oasis opens in the Boston neighborhood of Dorchester, chosen under a provision of the state’s law designed to help groups who were harmed by the war on drugs.
Marijuana
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Bath’s 1st recreational pot store cleared by city, waiting for state OK
Highbrow, a medical marijuana chain with locations in Topsham, Manchester and Waldoboro, is planning to open a shop on Leeman Highway.
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Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Pot entrepreneurs flocking to the Bible Belt for low taxes
In California, dispensary licenses can cost $300,000 annually. In Oklahoma, a license is only $2,500 and is approved within two weeks.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Maine’s medical marijuana market is working just fine
As the recreational market comes into focus, lawmakers should resist efforts to fix what isn’t broken with the market for therapeutic cannabis.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, Maine Cannabis Report, News, Politics
Adult-use cannabis delivery gets a boost from lawmakers
A legislative committee votes to give the state the power to create a recreational marijuana delivery license.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
State now expects retail marijuana stores won’t be open until June
Maine pushes the target date for adult-use marijuana sales back by 3 months, and lowers its projected sales tax revenue for the fiscal year that ends June 30.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, Maine Cannabis Report
State plan to ‘harmonize’ marijuana programs would wreak havoc, critics say
Maine wants the state’s medical and adult-use cannabis businesses to have the same rules whenever possible, but small operators say that would drive up prices and put them out of business.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, Maine Cannabis Report
State’s plan for special cannabis crimes unit sparks outrage
Marijuana advocates see the proposal for a 4-person division of the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency to investigate marijuana crimes as an effort to outlaw the drug again.
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Portland committee finalizes marijuana license proposal
The disadvantaged, marijuana business veterans and those who own or have long-term shop leases are among those favored in the retail license regulation to be considered by the City Council.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, Maine Cannabis Report
State’s medical marijuana market much bigger than anyone realized
The $111.6 million market is twice as large as previously thought and is exceeded in value only by the lobster and potato industries.