Legislature passes bill to give caregivers, patients a say in medical marijuana regulations
Both the house and senate have passed LD 1242, which requires the Office of Marijuana Policy to work with those in the cannabis industry on proposed regulations Author: Sean Stackhouse (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 11:04 PM EDT July 1, 2021 Updated: 5:38 AM EDT July 2, 2021
AUGUSTA, Maine Medical marijuana caregivers in Maine are breathing a collective sigh of relief this week. The state legislature has passed LD 1242, which looks to give caregivers a role in the regulation process. This gives the people that are in the industry the real power in making and designing the laws and the rules that we will work around, said Susan Meehan, a medical marijuana caregiver, and chairperson of the Maine Cannabis Coalition.