The first legal sales of marijuana in Maine are expected in June as the state and municipalities work on issuing licenses.
A state revenue forecasting committee has changed the date it expects the first sales tax revenue from marijuana to arrive from mid-March to mid-June, the Portland Press Herald reported. Applicants for licenses need to receive a conditional state license, get local authorization and return to the state for an active license.
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The process can be time consuming. The state Office of Marijuana Policy said it has received nearly 200 applications and deemed 80 of them complete enough for a regulatory review.
Mainers voted at the polls in 2016 to legalize recreational marijuana. The state already had a longstanding medical marijuana program.