Maine Canna News

10/20/2019

Three years after legalizing adult-use ma*****na, the state’s still waiting for retail shops. Consultants say the economy paid the price as dollars and expertise went elsewhere.

04/24/2019

https://www.pressherald.com/2019/04/22/maine-releases-draft-recreational-ma*****na-rules/

Proposed regulations, made public at the request of the Press Herald, cover everything from licensing, inventory tracking and enforcement to advertising, packaging and labeling.

04/07/2019

Developers looking ahead to Maine's recreational ma*****na market plan to invest $6 million to $7 million this year setting up the site off Minot Avenue.

04/05/2019

It’s not legalization, but it’s still a big change in ma*****na policy.

04/04/2019

Around 54,000 ma*****na convictions in Los Angeles and San Joaquin counties are eligible to be expunged.

04/02/2019

Even as cannabis legalization has spread throughout the country, the unexplored territory has been passing laws that allow people to smoke outside their homes. As things currently stand in states where ma*****na is legal, you can only smoke in your home, whether that's stated explicitly or not. Usin...

03/12/2019

Home Grown Maine 2017. Trade show and expo. New England’s Best Medical Ma*****na Expo is coming back to the Augusta Civic Center!

03/04/2019

More blood pressure drugs are being recalled after being found to contain trace amounts of a potentially cancer-causing ingredient, one of a slew of recalls of medications to treat hypertension.

02/27/2019

The city announced that more than 9,000 ma*****na-related convictions will be cleared. California voters legalized recreational ma*****na in 2016.

02/25/2019

02/25/2019

https://americanconsequences.com/the-future-of-legal-ma*****na/

June 2018 The Future of Legal Ma*****na A Conversation with Matt McCall Matt McCall is the founder and president of Penn Financial Group – an investment advisory firm designed to guide its clients toward financial freedom. He is also the editor of Matt McCall’s Investment Opportunities and Early...

02/22/2019

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) took ma*****na reform supporters by pleasant surprise when he endorsed legalization last year after previously calling cannabis a “gateway drug” that should remain prohibited. But for advocates, there was at least one major disappointment in store when he got aroun...

02/19/2019

Ma*****na is such a confounding drug that scientists and law enforcement are struggling to create an objective standard for ma*****na intoxication.

02/16/2019

The foot-dragging by legislators is making the black market thrive

The dispensary owners attribute the decline to increased and unfair competition that forces them to cut prices, driving down revenue even more.

02/15/2019

https://bangordailynews.com/2019/02/14/business/how-to-grow-a-ma*****na-business-when-regulations-are-up-in-the-air/

Despite the fits and starts with Maine’s emerging ma*****na industry, businesses are cautiously preparing for a run at the adult-use market.

02/13/2019

City councilors to consider ma*****na rules Thursday that include no provisions allowing commercial sales, processing or growing of ma*****na.

02/05/2019

https://www.pressherald.com/2019/02/04/portland-tables-action-on-zoning-rules-for-ma*****na-related-businesses/

The City Council postpones a vote at the request of Councilor Belinda Ray, who plans to offer 2 amendments but missed the meeting because of an illness.

02/03/2019

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https://www.pressherald.com/2019/02/01/state-orders-stores-to-remove-edible-cbd-from-shelves/

The Department of Health and Human Services says the hemp-derived product is not a federally approved food additive.

01/29/2019

Both CBS and the NFL lag far behind the American public on the subject of medical ma*****na.

01/23/2019

NEW HAVEN - A new billboard put up by the app company W**dmaps on Interstate 91 is announcing that "w**d is legal 60 miles away." The message is likely referring to the recent opening of the New England Treatment Access adult-use cannabis sales store in Northampton, Mass. - about an hour's drive fro...

01/21/2019

https://cannabismaven.io/thew**dblog/culture/15-ultimate-munchie-foods-for-stoners-xUeT6gj1yky6NHhcXBGbZw/

All stoners have their favorite munchies...but these 15 top the list.

01/18/2019

https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/ma*****na/2018/12/13/maine-first-pot-convenience-store-opens-for-business/CZutoMRudbDDO7yZiDOcCM/story.html

What is believed to be Maine’s first medical ma*****na convenience store is scheduled to open in Portland this week.

12/10/2018

https://www.pressherald.com/2018/12/07/maine-taps-los-angeles-consulting-firm-to-help-write-recreational-ma*****na-rules/

BOTEC, which advised Washington state on launching its adult-use market, submitted the lowest bid – $199,000 – of the five applicants.

12/07/2018

Altria is investing nearly $2 billion for a huge minority stake in Canadian cannabis company Cronos. The Marlboro owner is taking a 45% stake, with the option of boosting it to 55% over the next few years.

12/05/2018

https://www.pressherald.com/2018/12/04/maines-ma*****na-advisory-commission-taking-shape/

Among those named so far to the 15-member Ma*****na Advisory Commission are state legislators, a lawyer and lobbyists.

12/02/2018

How the legalization movement demystified ma*****na for first-time users, who are nudging a new industry to go upscale.

11/29/2018

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The two stores that opened last week reported a combined $2,2 million in sales.

11/28/2018

https://www.pressherald.com/2018/11/27/portland-planning-board-oks-new-ma*****na-zoning-map/

The proposal, which now goes before the City Council, would allow adult-use businesses in the same zones where the city permitted medical dispensaries and their grow operations in 2010.

11/05/2018

https://www.pressherald.com/2018/10/29/questions-lead-to-delay-in-cannabis-consulting-contract/

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.

10/31/2018

Hempy Halloween!

10/19/2018

A driver in Dartmouth, N.S., was the first person to be ticketed in the province for not securing cannabis out of reach while operating a motor vehicle.

10/17/2018

Canada became the world's largest pot marketplace.

10/11/2018

https://www.pressherald.com/2018/10/09/cannabis-industry-professionals-gather-in-portland/

A Washington, D.C.-based trade group is told that Maine's adult-use ma*****na law isn't likely to be fully implemented until next fall.

10/03/2018

City Hall officials said they would negotiate Boston’s first host community agreements with ma*****na operators in early October.

09/28/2018

Cannabidiol is truly one of the most remarkable compounds in the natural world.