On January 3rd, over 90 stakeholders from across Maine—farmers, employees, patients, and consumers—gathered to discuss the upcoming legislative battle in 2025 and the significant issues facing Maine’s Medical and Adult-Use Cannabis markets, particularly with the state’s now-infamous Office of Cannabis Policy (OCP). This free event, which included a complimentary lunch,
“THIS IS PASTEURIZATION 2.0!” as Matt Bayliss, owner of Garden of Gele, slammed his fist on a table at a stakeholder meeting back in November 2024. He also went on saying how there is no label requirement that lets consumers know it has been remediated, with gamma rays or any
Maine is lucky enough to have about 1600 caregivers to serve its 109,000 in-state medical patients and probably even more out-of-state patients who rely on Maine’s Medical Program for affordable access to better canna medicine than their home state. The majority of the time, these out-of-state patients come from a
First a little background with my relationship with outdoor/sungrown cannabis. Before I moved to Maine in 2016, I will be the first to tell you, just in my personal experience, with outdoor/sungrown cannabis was never really a pleasant one, to the point where I didn’t think it was possible for
On October 11, 2024, as part of an ongoing investigation, the Office of Cannabis Policy (OCP) issued a mandatory recall for select pre-ground adult-use cannabis flowers, pre-rolls, and blunts produced by Nova Farms. The products were recalled due to the presence of Microbials (aerobic bacteria and Enterobacteriaceae) and Yeast and
Back in August of this 2024, CEO Mark Zuckeberg of Meta admitted the Biden administration in 2021 pressured him into censoring content on his platform due to “safety concerns” Why is this important to cannabis pages now? Let’s start from the top. Running a social media page for cannabis brands
On September 10th, the Office of Maine Cannabis Policy proudly announced Cannabis Cured as its “first yeast and mold recreational product recall” and said it “…made possible due to testing and tracking requirement” because if you remember from previous articles the largest difference between Maine Medical Cannabis Program and its
An update to this article has been written by Derek Shirley, which you can read below the original article. Remember the Discovery Channel show “MythBusters”? Well, here in Maine we sure have a real moldy mystery on our hands. Some might be thinking I’m talking about the “42% of medical
