Maine has no testing requirement for medical cannabis. Public health advocates want that to change.

Source: The Maine Monitor via AP

Maine has no testing requirement for medical cannabis. Public health advocates want that to change.

BY ROSE LUNDY/THE MAINE MONITOR
Updated 4:59 PM EDT, July 8, 2024

Keri-Jon Wilson started as a hobbyist, making medical marijuana edibles on a small scale for patients suffering from chronic pain and cancer. But in 2015 she expanded her business, Portland-based Pot + Pan Manufacturing, and began to standardize her products.

“Eventually you’ve got to kind of grow up and decide if you want to grow the business, and add those additional steps and processes and best practice that comes with growth,” she said.

Despite no requirement in Maine to test medical cannabis for content or potency, Wilson has tested all of her batches since 2021.

The medical cannabis program in Maine is governed by separate regulations from the adult use, or recreational, program: While the adult use program requires testing for contaminants and potency, and includes potency limits, the medical use program requires neither.

Public health advocates and state officials want to see testing requirements aligned across both programs, ...

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