Morning Sentinel, 14 Jun 2013 – AUGUSTA – Medical marijuana dispensaries would be allowed to treat plants with certain low-risk pesticides if a bill enacted by the Maine Legislature on Friday makes it into law. The bill, L.D. 1531, an emergency measure sponsored by Sen. Thomas Saviello, R-Wilton, a former chairman of the Maine Board of Pesticides Control, passed the House of Representatives without a roll-call vote on Friday. The Senate passed it on Thursday.

Morning Sentinel, 29 Apr 2013 – Legalization Could Shut Down Medical Pot Providers AUGUSTA – Medical marijuana groups are wary of a bill that would legalize and tax marijuana in Maine. Estimates nationwide suggest if marijuana were legal, much of the profit gained by medical retailers and black-market criminals would disappear.

Kennebec Journal, 09 Jan 2012 – AUGUSTA — As Maine’s largest medical marijuana nonprofit organization plans to open its dispensaries, the man originally tapped to run its growing operation says the organization does not have enough space to grow the product its patients need. Meanwhile, leading state patient advocates say those who have signed up to receive medical marijuana from a Wellness Connection of Maine dispensary in Thomaston have run up against difficulty setting up appointments and stringent product limits that are well below the amounts allowed by state law.

Kennebec Journal, 09 Jan 2012 – AUGUSTA — As Maine’s largest medical marijuana nonprofit organization plans to open its dispensaries, the man originally tapped to run its growing operation says the organization does not have enough space to grow the product its patients need. Meanwhile, leading state patient advocates say those who have signed up to receive medical marijuana from a Wellness Connection of Maine dispensary in Thomaston have run up against difficulty setting up appointments and stringent product limits that are well below the amounts allowed by state law.

Kennebec Journal, 09 Jan 2012 – AUGUSTA — As Maine’s largest medical marijuana nonprofit organization plans to open its dispensaries, the man originally tapped to run its growing operation says the organization does not have enough space to grow the product its patients need. Meanwhile, leading state patient advocates say those who have signed up to receive medical marijuana from a Wellness Connection of Maine dispensary in Thomaston have run up against difficulty setting up appointments and stringent product limits that are well below the amounts allowed by state law.

Kennebec Journal, 29 Dec 2011 – Dispensary Will See Patients Full Time Starting Next Month HALLOWELL — A city medical marijuana dispensary started seeing patients by appointment before Christmas and plans to open full time next month.

Kennebec Journal, 29 Dec 2011 – Dispensary Will See Patients Full Time Starting Next Month HALLOWELL — A city medical marijuana dispensary started seeing patients by appointment before Christmas and plans to open full time next month.