State fires back in Maine’s residency appeals case
A court precedent on state residency requirements in cannabis, which eluded the original attack on Maine’s requirement, would have implications across the country.
A court precedent on state residency requirements in cannabis, which eluded the original attack on Maine’s requirement, would have implications across the country.
“Several months is what we expected for the process to take. That’s what different members of the industry have talked about.”
After all states and territory grades were averaged, access to medical cannabis received a 44% or a D on the grading scale.
“There’s a lot of surprise when numbers start getting thrown around, for sure.”
Three affidavits submitted by three town agencies all have essentially the same language when recounting the alleged violations.
“How is it fair for me as a manufacturer that I should pay hundreds of thousands of dollars a year knowing that the accuracy is suspect at times and when we know there is dirty material that’s still on the shelves?”
“Legalization has proven quite difficult,” said Zoë Patchell, the board chair and president of the Delaware Cannabis Advocacy Network. “We were the first state to garner simple majority on a legalization bill back in 2018. But because of the state constitution, our bill requires super majority and we don’t have voter initiative like other states. So when (the first) bill came up for vote, we failed by four votes.”
Rhode Island allows medical patients to possess up to 12 adult plants and 12 immature plants at one time.
The average enrollment in medical-only states is 1.84%, with Oklahoma rising to the top, with over 12% of its population enrolled in the medical program.
“It was a pretty big surprise to a lot of folks here that there is a ban based on regulations that don’t exist.”