A bunch of Republican lawmakers in Maine has launched a invoice that will enable municipalities to approve or license marijuana consumption venues inside their jurisdiction.
In response to The Marijuana Herald, Home Invoice 1365 – launched by Rep. David Boyer – would allow these 21 and older to legally eat flower and different marijuana merchandise at a “hashish hospitality lounge.”
The proposal additionally would enable non-cannabis meals merchandise on the venue, although the language is unclear if that allowance contains the sale of meals objects.
Not like different markets, such venues in Maine could be beneath the authority of native governments and never regulated by the state’s Workplace of Hashish Coverage or Division of Administrative and Monetary Companies.
In one other distinction to most different markets that enable consumption areas, a retail part or license wouldn’t be required.
The invoice additionally would amend Maine’s smoking legal guidelines to permit indoor consumption, a priority that has led different markets, similar to Las Vegas, to require air flow methods or different strategies of smoke mitigation.
The Maine proposal will probably be heard by the state’s Committee on Veterans and Authorized Affairs, which can resolve if the measure advances to the total Home, Marijuana Herald reported.
MJBizDaily in February reported {that a} push was underway in Maine to lastly enact consumption laws – 9 years after voters legalized a leisure marijuana market within the state.
