Temp worker Audra Dieffenbach applied for a full-time job at MaineHealth but failed a federally required drug test because the legal supplement she uses to relieve pain left too much THC in her system.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine
Wellness Connection sues pot edibles partner, claiming breach of contract
Wellness Connection, Maine’s largest medical marijuana dispensary firm, claims that substandard equipment and processes failed to produce enough THC from its marijuana extractions.
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Posted inHealth, Nation & World, News
‘This ain’t your mother’s marijuana,’ surgeon general says
Federal health officials issue a national medical warning against use of the increasingly potent drug by adolescents and pregnant women.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, Maine Cannabis Report
Wellness Connection at heart of New England marijuana fight
Maine’s biggest medical marijuana provider wants to break up with the Rhode Island company behind its extraction operation, blaming it for $14 million in losses.
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NECANN Maine 2019 Cannabis Convention
NECANN continues to help build cannabis industry in Maine with its 5th annual cannabis convention Oct 5-6 in Portland
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Asparagus makes way for weed in Canada’s fields
The appeal is clear: growing outdoors can cost as little as one-fifth that of greenhouse production and it can be marketed as being grown “au naturel” under the sun.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, Maine Cannabis Report
City staff proposes capping Portland’s retail pot licenses at 20
Staffers say the limit is needed to protect the market and Portland’s economy, but some city councilors question the cap and the first-come, first-served method of awarding licenses.
Posted inNation & World, New England
A Capitol offense? Cannabis found in Vermont Statehouse flower beds
Capitol police say they don’t whether the plants are marijuana or hemp.
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
Pot task force still on the job in Windham
Task force members say they are being cut out of the marijuana ordinance process.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Rep. Golden’s bill would allow federal programs to help cannabis businesses
The 2nd District Democrat’s bill would drop restrictions that force some Small Business Administration programs to turn away marijuana-related companies.