Maine’s new proposed medical cannabis rules include caregiver seed-to-sale tracking – using paper forms
The new rules include new requirements for plant tracking and security, but not mandatory lab testing.
New England
Coverage of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
Maine adult-use delivery bill attracts opposition from municipalities
Whether or not delivery is allowed across the state remains a point of contention, particularly from municipalities that have yet to approve recreational retail in their town or city.
New Hampshire Supreme Court upholds medical cannabis prescription in discrimination case
The New Hampshire Supreme Court ruled that medical cannabis diagnoses are covered under state anti-disability-discrimination employment laws.
Reports show Illinois, Michigan, and Mass. cannabis sales rallied in the fourth quarter of 2021
Massachusetts was the only New England state that saw growth of the states Grown In is tracking, while Rhode Island and Maine’s cannabis sales stalled.
Mass. plans for parity between adult-use and medical cannabis may not include social equity
Overhaul plans for the state’s medical cannabis laws may not include the same social equity provisions as adult-use.
In court, Massachusetts town defends practice of charging dispensaries heavy location fees
The City of Gloucester says that the court lacks the authority to invalidate a trio of host community agreements.
Common story: Small entrepreneur hindered by cannabis’ banking limits
Heller’s crowdfunding experience was just one more way small cannabis entrepreneurs are stymied by banking and payment rules.
Maine’s vibrant caregiver market faces oversaturation and possible new regs
Maine’s cannabis caregivers are facing a tightening market and the possibility of new state licensing requirements.
Metrc COO on cannabis tracking and data gathering
Rather than act as a central storage repository for the data, Koski said that Metrc provides state governments with the tools to monitor their own databases that the state operators report to.
More Massachusetts testing labs will need greater uniformity, says lab chief
“If a second lab out there provides lower fail rates overall, then of course, operationally, financially, it makes a lot of sense to move to a laboratory which finds fewer problems in the samples that come in.”
