Lead photo via Flickr user Gage Skidmore Since Maine residents voted to legalize recreational adult use cannabis in November of 2016, state lawmakers have spent months bickering, back-tracking, and sorting out a legislative committee bill to create a comprehensive system …
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Cannabis Advocacy Groups in Maine Criticize Rewrite of Voter-Approved Legalization Bill – News
Lead image via The Maine Legislature is getting closer to passing a complete legislative rewrite of the voter-approved ballot measure that legalized recreational cannabis in the state, but one of the state’s leading cannabis advocacy groups has criticized the rewrite …
Read More »Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin Will Veto Any Legislative Attempt to Legalize Recreational Marijuana – News
With California, Massachusetts and Maine debuting recreational marijuana markets next year, it may seem like legal weed is everywhere. But beyond the country’s progressive coastal hubs, huge swaths of America are still being thrown in jail for cannabis crimes, with …
Read More »More People Were Arrested for Marijuana in 2016 Than for All Violent Crimes Combined – News
Despite the fact that marijuana has been made legal in some form or fashion in over half the United States, law enforcement agencies are still busting more people for weed than the combination of aggravated assaults, rapes, murders and all …
Read More »New Legislation Would Prohibit Smoking Weed in Maine Cannabis Clubs – News
A new bill to regulate recreational cannabis use in Maine would allow cannabis social clubs to open across the state beginning in 2019. However, the proposed bill does not include an exemption from the state’s public smoking ban, so it …
Read More »Maine Legislators Will Consider Allowing Online and Drive-Thru Cannabis Sales – News
Members of the Maine Legislature’s Joint Select Committee on Marijuana Legalization Implementation will soon debate newly proposed regulations that would allow adults to purchase cannabis online or from drive-thrus. The proposed rules are part of a new bill that sets …
Read More »New Study Finds Legal Cannabis Equals Fewer Pharmaceuticals
“Legal access to cannabis may reduce the use of multiple classes of dangerous prescription medications in certain patient populations,” according to the results of a new study. Regardless of what some officials in the Trump administration believe, Americans have a …
Read More »Insurance company says paying for medical marijuana would be illegal
Published: Sep 13, 2017, 11:35 am • Updated: Sep 13, 2017, 11:35 am By The Associated Press AUGUSTA, Maine — The Maine supreme court is wading into the issue of medical marijuana and workers’ compensation. The court heard arguments Wednesday …
Read More »Maine cannabis regs draft pushes back sales start and ups sales tax to 20 percent
Published: Sep 13, 2017, 8:21 am • Updated: Sep 13, 2017, 8:24 am By The Associated Press AUGUSTA, Maine — A legislative committee wants to double the recreational marijuana sales tax to 20 percent, allow drive-thru sales and let medical …
Read More »Cannabis activist claims views reason for denied entry to Canada
Published: Sep 8, 2017, 10:21 am • Updated: Sep 8, 2017, 10:21 am By The Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine — A Maine marijuana activist says he was detained and denied entry to Canada because he supports the legalization of marijuana. …
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