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Maine Just Closed the Loophole That Let Criminal Organizations Buy Cannabis Licenses. It Took a Year After Regulators Admitted the Problem Existed.
Maine’s legislature passed LD1609 on March 30, barring individuals linked to federally recognized criminal organizations from holding cannabis licenses. The fix was overdue: state regulators admitted more than a year ago they were issuing licenses to suspected members of transnational criminal networks — and had no legal authority to stop.
Dana Reeves
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