Medical marijuana sales at the state’s dispensaries grew more than 30 percent in 2014 to over $16 million, according to Maine Revenue Services — and that figure doesn’t include the thousands of people legally buying direct from growers. Last year, the state recorded $16.2 million in sales and collected $892,885 in sales tax from the […]
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Maine medical marijuana dispensary group promotes study that says THC slows Alzheimer’s disease
GARDINER — Few people know about a recent preclinical study by the Byrd Alzheimer’s Institute in Florida that states THC, the component in marijuana that gets users high, may slow the progress of Alzheimer’s disease, according to Becky DeKeuster of Wellness Connection of Maine. “Patients in Maine don’t seem to know about the benefits of […]
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Medical marijuana users rent downtown Bangor space to take their medicine
BANGOR — A local group of medical marijuana patients is renting a space downtown where they can smoke or ingest their medicine. A group calling itself the 13 Owls Club is renting on an hourly basis the VIP smoking area above the recently expanded hookah lounge run by the Herbal Tea & Tobacco shop in […]
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4 arrested in armed heist of medical marijuana
WINTERPORT — Two more people have been arrested in connection with the armed robbery of a medical marijuana grower in Winterport this fall. Police say a total of four people are facing charges in the Sept. 21 robbery in which three of the suspects dressed up as law enforcement officers. Kerry Hurd was arrested Thursday […]
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Maine medical pot dispensary moving to Gardiner
GARDINER (AP) — A new medical marijuana dispensary is set to begin operations in Gardiner. The Kennebec Journal (http://bit.ly/12kxiyB ) reported that the Wellness Connection of Maine will open its doors next week in a 103-year-old former train station. The building has been vacant for more than a decade. The state’s largest medical marijuana provider […]
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Marijuana advocates hope Maine goes legal next
SOUTH PORTLAND (AP) — Marijuana advocates want to finally take their legalization drive — thus far the province of western states — to the Northeast, and they say the first state to do it here might be Maine. The Pine Tree State has a long history with cannabis — Maine voters approved medical marijuana legalization […]
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Colisee backs out of Lewiston cannabis show
LEWISTON — Plans for Androscoggin County’s first medical marijuana show, scheduled for this Friday and Saturday at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee, have been nipped in the bud. Mike Cain, general manager of the Colisee, said he decided to cancel the Legal Peaces Medical Cannabis Show for fear of angering state police. “We just got the […]
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Caribou doctor fined because of marijuana clinic
AUGUSTA — A doctor who held a marijuana clinic at a hotel and failed to adequately document examinations has been reprimanded by the board that licenses physicians in Maine. The board announced Monday that Dr. William Ortiz accepted a consent agreement in which he’s paying a $2,000 fine and reimbursing the Board of Licensure in […]
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Medical marijuana’s economic impact hard to measure
Learn About Tableau BANGOR — Jim Burke of LaGrange grows and sells medical marijuana, along with baked goods and butter infused with the medicinal plant. He considers himself an “activist at heart,” but he’s also at the center of a growing business community that contributes nearly $5 million to state coffers each year, by some […]
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Rally pushes to speed up medical marijuana access
BOSTON — Massachusetts residents suffering from multiple sclerosis, Lou Gehrig’s disease and other debilitating illnesses rallied at the Statehouse Thursday to call on Gov. Deval Patrick to speed up the process for opening medical marijuana dispensaries so they can safely purchase the drug. Matthew Allen, executive director of the Massachusetts Patient Advocacy Alliance, said patients […]