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As soon as December, medical cannabis patients will no longer have to pay for patient ID cards, nor will or other caregivers have to pay for the tracking tags that are required for home grown plants.
When the legislature passed S. 188 last month, which introduced a 60% THC cap on concentrates, several other updates to the state’s cannabis regulations were made, including a change in packaging restrictions, which were relaxed in order to discourage the use of plastic.
Almost two years after launching its adult use cannabis market, OCP is starting to work on its first major regulatory update. This also comes on the heels of a series of new cannabis-related laws that were allowed to go into effect in May.
47 municipalities brought in over $53 million since 2018, but there was a wide range between towns.
The report analyzed purchasing habits for cannabis users and found that the vibrant medical and caregiver market, as well as the state’s strong adult use market has brought a majority of Maine’s cannabis users into the legal market.
“At the start of this whole affair, 80% of the employees signed cards, authorizing the union to come in,” said INSA budtender Clark D’Agostino.
By October 2021, public comments had become a fixture of the Council’s monthly meetings, but not in this month’s meeting.
The Board also approved its first license for a cannabis testing lab, which went to Bia Diagnostics in Colchester.
The total number of retail licenses with commence operation orders jumped from about 100 in January 2021, to 216 in April 2022.
Maine currently has eight medical cannabis dispensaries, but that figure does not account for the over 3,000 licensed cannabis caregivers in the state, each of which are allowed to open medical cannabis store fronts.
