Member Blog: Four States Legalized Recreational Marijuana in November – Here’s What That Means for the Cannabis Industry
ArizonaMaineMarijuana Laws, Regulations, & PoliticsMassachusettsMontanaNew Jersey December 7, 2020 0
By Aaron Rosenbluth, Director of Content at Hybrid Marketing Co. Voters in New Jersey, Arizona, South Dakota, and Montana legalized recreational cannabis during November’s election. So, what comes next? Last month, Americans in four states voted to legalize adult-use recreational cannabis. If you live in Arizona, New Jersey, South... Read more
Maine’s largest medical marijuana dispensary group asks to join residency lawsuit
MaineMarijuana Industry NewsMedical MarijuanaRecreational Marijuana November 2, 2020 0
Wellness Connection, which owns four of eight licensed medical marijuana dispensaries in Maine, filed a motion on Thursday to fight a lawsuit against the state from two small marijuana businesses over recreational cannabis licenses granted to businesses with some out-of-state ownership. It is the latest legal salvo in the... Read more
Lawsuit filed over Maine marijuana retail licenses
MaineMarijuana Industry NewsRecreational Marijuana October 21, 2020 0
Two small Maine-based marijuana businesses are suing the agency that oversees recreational marijuana operations, arguing state licenses were illegally awarded to out-of-state owners. State law requires owners of marijuana operations to live in Maine and to have filed state income taxes for four years. But the Maine Office of... Read more
Mainers spent over $250K on cannabis during first weekend
MaineMarijuana Industry NewsRecreational Marijuana October 14, 2020 0
October 14, 2020 by AggregatedNews Leave a Comment Maine residents spent more than $250,000 on marijuana over the course of the first weekend of legal retail sales of the drug in the state. Voters in the state chose to legalize adult use marijuana in 2016, but retail sales didn’t... Read more
First day of recreational pot sales in Maine yields $9,464 in sales taxes
MaineMarijuana Industry News October 12, 2020 0
The six marijuana shops that opened Friday across the state reported $94,643 in sales, according to the Office of Marijuana Policy. A half-dozen pot shops reported $94,643.38 in first-day sales on Friday under Maine’s new adult-use marijuana program, resulting in $9,464.34 in sales tax for the state. The preliminary... Read more
A long road: Cannabis goes on sale years after approval in Maine
MaineMarijuana Industry NewsRecreational Marijuana October 9, 2020 0
Mainers are getting their first opportunity to legally buy marijuana for adult recreational use, but a supply shortage is a potential buzzkill. Retailers blame the pandemic and a limited number of licensed manufacturers for reducing the variety of products available on Friday, the opening day. Licenses were issued only a month... Read more
Once shut out, Maine cannabis industry now eligible for sustainable energy grants
MaineMarijuana Industry NewsMedical Marijuana October 8, 2020 0
One of Maine’s most energy-intensive industries will no longer be shut out of the state’s energy efficiency incentive programs. The trustees of Efficiency Maine, a ratepayer-funded agency that promotes sustainable energy usage, voted 5-2 on Wednesday to reverse a ban on giving energy-efficiency grants to state-legal marijuana businesses, concluding they are... Read more
