Marijuana Business Magazine - January 2017

Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb told retailers they have 60 days to take CBD products off their shelves, but he also said state legislators could craft a new law allowing CBD sales. The governor’s mixed messages come as the Hoosier State tries to make sense of conflicting policies regarding nonintoxicating cannabidiol. Indiana allows the use of CBD oil to treat epilepsy, but it also bans the sale and production of CBD. The confusion got worse after Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill said CBD products are illegal to sell or possess. Maine Marijuana businesses hoping to serve Maine’s recre- ational cannabis market will probably have to wait until 2019 and possibly longer depending on how the state’s gubernatorial race shakes out this year. Standing in the way is Gov. Paul LePage. The Republican appears to have the will and the means to undermine the state’s adult-use marijuana program, which he demonstrated by vetoing a lawmaker-approved bill to implement recreational cannabis. Officials must go back to the drawing board and create a new implementation and regulatory framework for Maine’s recreational mari- juana industry.