Maine has launched legal adult-use marijuana sales almost four years after voters in the state approved a legalization initiative.
Retail sales of adult-use marijuana to consumers aged 21 years or older in Maine commenced on Friday, October 9, 2020. Eight stores have been approved for retail sales in the state.
Maine voters approved recreational marijuana in 2016, but sales have long been delayed in the state. Maine already has legal medical marijuana.
The Office of Marijuana Policy or OMP said last week it was on track for a spring 2020 launch of adult use marijuana sales in the state, before the COVID-19 pandemic necessitated the postponement of the plan.
The OMP is part of the Maine Department of Administrative and Financial Services. The agency is responsible for the oversight of all aspects of legalized marijuana, including Maine’s existing Medical Use of Marijuana Program.
The regulator issued the first active licenses to adult use establishments in early September 2020. The…
