The US Justice Department on Thursday reversed official policy that had tolerated the growing state-based movement to legalize marijuana sales, just three days after California formally permitted recreational use of the drug. Announcing a “return to the rule of law,” …
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Delaware Cannabis Advocates Expect Recreational Legalization as Soon as Next Year – News
Photo via omersukrugoksu The green rush is moving east. As Massachusetts and Maine continue to try and sort out regulations for voter-approved recreational cannabis sales, and advocates wait with bated breath for more news out of New Jersey and New …
Read More »New Regulations in Maine Will Force Medical Cannabis Patients to Submit to Inspections – News
Image via Wikimedia Commons The Maine Department of Health and Human Services released new rules this week governing the state’s medical marijuana program, but a new requirement that patients and caregivers alike must submit to government inspections has raised the …
Read More »Maine Legislators Fail to Overturn Governor Paul LePage’s Cannabis Veto – News
Lead photo via Flickr user M. Fox A final vote in Maine’s House of Representatives to ovverride Gov. Paul LePage’s veto of recreational cannabis regulations failed to garner the two-thirds support necessary on Monday, sending legislators back to the drawing …
Read More »Founder of Legalize Maine Supports Gov. LePage’s Veto of Recreational Cannabis Bill – News
Legal weed is still safe in Maine, despite a veto last Friday over the state’s latest version of a cannabis legalization bill. When it will go on sale, however, is a more complicated matter. Gov. Paul LePage vetoed LD 1650, …
Read More »Maine Lawmakers Contemplate Override of LePage’s Marijuana Veto
Gov. LePage vetoed Maine’s legislative effort to regulate and tax the sale of adult-use marijuana on Friday, which promptly ignited today’s effort to override the governor’s assault on the citizen-backed initiative. Now, back in the state capital, elected officials in …
Read More »LePage Out of History: Maine Governor Signs First Veto Against Voter-Approved Cannabis Sales – News
Photo via Wikimedia Commons On Friday, tea party Republican Gov. Paul LePage vetoed the most recent version of Maine’s bill to legalize sales of recreational (or adult-use) cannabis. This is the first time in U.S. history that a governor has …
Read More »LePage Out of History: Maine Governor Signs First Veto Against Voter-Approved Cannabis Legalization – News
Photo via Wikimedia Commons On Friday, tea party Republican Gov. Paul LePage vetoed the most recent version of Maine’s bill to legalize sales of recreational (or adult-use) cannabis. This is the first time in U.S. history that a governor has …
Read More »Gov. LePage Stands in the Way of Maine Recreational Cannabis
Gov. Paul LePage holds the key to the future of cannabis regulation in the state of Maine. And on Nov. 3, he temporarily locked the door to further development of Maine recreational marijuana regulations when he vetoed the bill passed …
Read More »Maine Legislators Pass Bill to Regulate Legal Weed, But a Gubernatorial Veto Is Expected – News
Lead photo via Gage Skidmore Maine legislators passed a long-anticipated committee bill aimed at regulating the state’s impending legal weed industry yesterday, but even with success in both the Maine House and Senate, the agreed upon tax structures, licensing, and …
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