Category: Maine
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Maine’s Adult-Use Licensing Process to Start in November
Maine adopted adult-use marijuana rules that will become effective on December 5, 2019. The state has announced that prospective licensees may register to begin the process for background checks and the individual identification card application. License applications for testing facilities will be available on the state’s website starting November 18, 2019. Applications for retail, cultivation…
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Maine Quietly Prepares for Opening of Adult-Use Cannabis Market
Maine has entered the last stages of establishing an adult-use cannabis market and is putting the finishing touches on its online application platform. The Department of Administrative and Financial Services will adopt the final adult-use rules in the next sixty (60) days after incorporating revisions made to the adult-use marijuana law by legislation, LD 719,…
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Maine to Allow Medical Marijuana Manufacturing Facilities
Maine will hold a public hearing on July 8, 2019 on the Office of Marijuana Policy’s proposed rules for medical marijuana manufacturing facilities. The regulator will accept public comments until July 18, 2019. The proposed rules establish minimum standards and a registration regime for entities, excluding caregivers, patients, and dispensaries, that process marijuana to create medical…
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Maine’s Adult Use Regulations Limit Industry’s Access to Capital
Maine’s Office of Marijuana Policy released its provisionally adopted rules last Friday. The rules are relatively modest as they include only 78 pages of regulatory requirements. However, the benefits of a friendly regulatory environment may not overcome the onerous in-state licensing and ownership limitations. Maine’s adult-use regulations are structured to award licenses to local residents.…
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5 Key Take Away’s from Maine’s Recreational Marijuana Regulations
Maine published draft recreational marijuana regulations more than two years after residents voted to legalize marijuana and amid contracting chaos. In September 2018, Maine hired a consultant to help draft the regulations, which resulted in a lawsuit from a competitor. Maine is now paying the losing consultant $10,000 to review the draft rules in exchange…
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Maine’s Legislature Proposes Progressive Marijuana Production Tax
Most state regulators tax marijuana producers based on the quantity or a fixed rate applied to the square footage of the canopy growth. Maine wants to change this approach. Maine’s Committee on Taxation will hold a public hearing on Thursday, April 18th, 2019 on a bill that will charge marijuana producer’s 15% of the average…
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Free Cannabis Legislative Tracker For 20 States: Access THC, Hemp And CBD Bills
Access our free legislative trackers for Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, North Dakota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Tennessee, Utah and Washington. Review and access the cannabis & hemp bills introduced by the State Legislatures in the 2019-2020 session. The trackers include a summary description…
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Maine’s New Law Addresses Ban on CBD Infused Products
Hemp was federally legalized as a part of the 2018 Farm Bill on December 20, 2018. In early February, and in an effort to comply with Federal Regulations, the State of Maine ordered that all cannabidiol (“CBD”) foods, beverages & other products be removed from shelves & that all sales of CBD infused products cease…
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Free Cannabis Legislative Tracker For 20 States: Access THC, Hemp And CBD Bills
Access our free legislative trackers for Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, North Dakota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Tennessee, Utah and Washington. Review and access the cannabis & hemp bills introduced by the State Legislatures in the 2019-2020 session. The trackers include a summary description…
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Free Cannabis Legislative Tracker For 20 States: Access THC, Hemp And CBD Bills
Access our free legislative trackers for Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, North Dakota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Tennessee, Utah and Washington. Review and access the cannabis & hemp bills introduced by the State Legislatures in the 2019-2020 session. The trackers include a summary description…