Maine marijuana shops report brisk business despite pandemic

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Maine marijuana shops are reporting brisk business even though the state's rollout of legal marijuana sales has been muted compared with others because of the coronavirus pandemic.

But only Maine went legal in 2016 and then took nearly four years to create a legal framework for retail sales. Those sales began in October, just as the pandemic was worsening in the state and around the country.

Maine’s program was tailored to meet the needs of a smaller state. The state is wise to take a cautious approach to growing the industry, especially during a pandemic, said Scott Gagnon, a member of the Maine Marijuana Advisory Commission. Maine's long-established medical marijuana program, which dates to the late 1990s, is also still operating during the pandemic. The medical program remains much larger, accounting for more than $200 million in sales last year.

 

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Congress has legalized Sent the bill to the Senate Still waiting for Mitch McConnell to Sign bill

Be a good citizen - fat, high and silent.

Duh.

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Gee, what a shocker: People want their weed for the MYRIAD of reasons it's used (including pain relief) during a crisis involving illness. I don't think ANY OF US could have guessed THIS without this article. gmafb

Shouldn't the word 'despite' be changed to 'because of'?

I see posts like this each time a state legalizes recreational cannabis. Here's a headline for every reporter asked to write this story by an editor: 'Humans enjoy weed'

I'll be blunt here. TN... Wot up?

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