The state received several questions on its call for a consultant to guide the rule-making around cannabis regulations, prompting it to extend the bidding deadline.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Controversy erupts over dispensary owner’s ‘Negroes and homosexuals’ comment
Canuvo, the dispensary founded by Glenn Peterson, says he was trying to be sarcastic in his response to comments made during a Bridgton Planning Board workshop.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Kathleen Parker: Falling under the CBD spell
The public is serving as the guinea pig for a substance that hasn’t been comprehensively tested.
Posted inLife & Culture, Nation & World, News
Three things to know before you go to Canada for legal marijuana
For starters, you can’t bring it back to the States.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Canada now world’s largest legal marijuana marketplace
Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon said it’s time for the U.S. government to follow Canada’s lead.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
Eight more charged in connection with federal marijuana raid in February
The 41-count indictment handed down last week stems from raids targeting a medical marijuana growing operation that prosecutors say illegally sold surplus pot and derivatives.
Posted inNation & World
Marijuana backers look for Midwest breakthrough
Michigan and North Dakota voters will decide on recreational rules while Missouri and Utah will weigh medical cannabis.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
As Maine pot industry waits for rules, security questions loom
Marijuana providers say it’s unclear what they are allowed to do to protect their businesses from theft and other crimes.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, Maine Cannabis Report
Annual Maine pot convention offers bumper crop of cannabis expertise
The more than 30 speakers scheduled to appear in Portland over two days include the cultivation editor of High Times.
Posted inMaine, News
Maine DHHS urges pot users to keep drug away from children
The Northern New England Poison Center received 16 calls for accidental marijuana ingestion in 2017, up from 2 such calls in 2016, and Maine officials believe edible forms of the drug present the greatest risk.