Food truck operators who lost in the lottery to operate at a new location on the Eastern Promenade protested Thursday morning to seek a delay of the new plan.
After long wait, Mainers revel in first day of recreational pot sales
Long lines formed outside some of the 6 stores that opened Friday, and the limited supply and high prices didn t dampen the spirits of those who turned out to celebrate the freedom to buy marijuana legally.
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Jason Chavez of Portland celebrates being the first customer at Theory Wellness. Brianna Soukup/Staff Photographer
After a four-year wait, Mainers can finally buy legal marijuana for the sole purpose of getting high.
That is something that Dan Comeau, a 46-year-old Portland resident, has been waiting almost 20 years to do. He and a friend took the day off from work and got dressed up – he in a suede blazer and she in a velvet minidress – to buy adult-use cannabis from SeaWeed Co. in South Portland on Friday, the first day of legal recreational sales in Maine.