Maine election officials have approved a ballot initiative that, if passed, would eliminate the state’s roughly $250 million adult-use cannabis industry and impose strict new testing standards on medical cannabis to begin collecting signatures.
It’s the second ongoing citizen campaign to cancel a legal cannabis industry in New England.
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A similar effort in Massachusetts recently claimed to have collected enough signatures to advance past an initial stage amid accusations of elections fraud.
Maine medical marijuana would remain but with new rules
The Maine Secretary of State on Dec. 8 approved the Act to Amend the Cannabis Legalization Act and the Maine Medical Use of Cannabis Act to begin collecting signatures.
If it qualifies for the ballot and is approved by a majority
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