Marijuana Business Magazine

Maine Maine is poised to become one of the first states to allow public consumption in social clubs, but a key restriction could handicap potential marijuana clubs: no smoking. A bill to establish regulations covering Maine’s recreational marijuana industry doesn’t provide an exemption to a state law banning smoking in public places. That means social clubs would be able to allow only edibles, tinctures and other forms of cannabis that don’t involve smoking. That could diminish the allure of clubs. Maryland The University of Maryland’s School of Pharmacy has scrapped courses that had been scheduled for students planning careers in the medical marijuana field. The college made the decision after “consulting with the Maryland attorney general’s office” and then decided to err on the side of caution because of marijuana’s ongo- ing status as a Schedule 1 controlled substance and the Trump administration’s lack of a clear policy on cannabis.