Last week, the Maine Office of Marijuana Policy (OMP) unveiled plans for the issuance of Maine’s first active licenses for adult use marijuana establishments.

The Office intends to issue the first active licenses to recreational cannabis businesses on Tuesday, September 8, 2020.  Adult use marijuana stores and nursery cultivation facilities in possession of an active license may begin retail sales of adult use marijuana to consumers 21 years of age or older starting on Friday, October 9, 2020.

Adult use marijuana and medical marijuana may not be dispensed from the same facility.  Caregiver retail stores and medical marijuana dispensaries are limited to selling marijuana and marijuana products to patients with valid medical marijuana credentials in their possession.

OMP expects to issue licenses in each of the four categories of adult use establishments:  cultivation, products manufacturing, retail sales and testing information on the specific number of licenses issued and the identities of active licenses will be made available on Tuesday, September 8, 2020.

The Mills Administration created OMP in February of 2019.  The Office is responsible for the oversight of all aspects of legalized marijuana, including Maine’s existing Medical Use of Marijuana Program.