Five residents were charged with cultivating marijuana, police said.
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Posted inNation & World, News
U.S. affirms its prohibition on medical marijuana
The decision keeps the federal government at odds with Maine and 24 other states that allow medical marijuana.
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Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Passamaquoddies drop idea to grow medical marijuana
The tribe says it cut off contact last fall with a Colorado company whose officials now face drug charges.
Posted inMaine
Supporters of Maine marijuana drive open Portland office
Maine residents will have the option of voting ‘yes on 1’ in November.
Posted inNation & World
Teen use of pot in Colorado didn’t rise after legalization
A survey of 17,000 students shows the rate is down slightly, numbers watched closely by policymakers.
Posted inBusiness
Microsoft, marijuana industry software firm announce deal
Microsoft becomes the first major tech firm to attach its name to the legal pot industry.
Posted inMaine, News
Legalization of marijuana a hot topic at Augusta trade show
Home Grown Maine 2016 is happening about five months before residents will vote on whether to make recreational use of marijuana legal in the state.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
M.D. Harmon: Legalizing marijuana isn’t worth the risks to health and safety
There’s plenty of evidence that pot is far from harmless.
Posted inNation & World
Drug spit test bill passes Vermont House, despite lack of link to driver impairment
Police can ask for a saliva sample and use a trace of marijuana to show evidence of illegal impairment.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine
Three men sentenced in major eastern Maine marijuana bust
Two of the men are sentenced to more than a decade in prison in connection with the remote operation that yielded about $9 million worth of marijuana in a 2009 raid.