Sanford News, 02 Sep 2010 – SANFORD — It looks like there will not be a medical marijuana dispensary in Sanford, at least not in the foreseeable future. The Maine Department of Health and Human Services’ Division of Licensing and Regulatory Services (DLRS) has selected Safe Harbor Maine, Inc. to operate a dispensary in Maine’s Health District 1 of York County. Safe Harbor Maine proposes to establish a marijuana dispensary in Biddeford.

Journal Tribune, 01 Sep 2010 – BIDDEFORD – A non-profit organization planning to open a medical marijuana dispensary in Biddeford was approved by the Maine Department of Health and Human Services. On Tuesday, DHHS announced that Safe Harbor Maine, Inc., of Poland, was one of two winning applicants to be allowed to operate dispensaries in two of the states’ eight public health districts.

Kennebec Journal, 31 Aug 2010 – Maine’s Department of Health and Human Services announced the selection of two nonprofit corporations to dispense medical marijuana in York County and Down East. Safe Harbor Maine Inc. of Biddeford will be located in York County while Primary Organic Therapy Inc. of Whitneyville will serve Washington and Hancock counties. Operators were selected last month to serve six other regions of the state.

Morning Sentinel, 31 Aug 2010 – Maine’s Department of Health and Human Services announced the selection of two nonprofit corporations to dispense medical marijuana in York County and Down East. Safe Harbor Maine Inc. of Biddeford will be located in York County while Primary Organic Therapy Inc. of Whitneyville will serve Washington and Hancock counties. Operators were selected last month to serve six other regions of the state.

Morning Sentinel, 22 Aug 2010 – You can learn a lot from other people’s mistakes, and a recent trip to California by reporter John Richardson showed that Maine has been a good student when it comes to finding out what works and what doesn’t in the field of medical marijuana. In a series of articles that began Aug. 15 in the Maine Sunday Telegram, Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel, Richardson showed how good planning and careful supervision allowed marijuana clinics to operate in a secure and responsible manner.

Maine Sunday Telegram, 22 Aug 2010 – MARIJUANA STILL UNPROVEN FOR MANY ILLS The Conditions a Rheumatologist Addresses Have No Studies Showing the Drug Is Effective in Their Treatment. PORTLAND – Medical marijuana prescribing is now legal in 14 states, with Maine the latest to join the growing social movement to legalize pot for medicinal use.