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Protecting the Future of Cannabis Culture with Safe PracticesYou know, it’s one thing to catch a weed brownie at a party that hits harder than expected. That’s been part of stoner folklore for decades. But what went down in Newmarket, New Hampshire in March 2023 wasn’t some giggly edible mishap — it was an avoidable screw-up with real consequences. This week, 45-year-old Marc […]

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Fighting Mold Myths in Cannabis with Facts and DataI recently read an MJBiz article talking about “Mold in Cannabis is not a Significant Health Risk” and I do agree that it’s not a SIGNIFICANT health risk and here’s why: Nearly 30 years into legalized cannabis since California’s medical program launched in 1996 we now have real-world public health data from multiple jurisdictions: Canada […]

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How the SHIP Act Could Impact Cannabis Culture – What the Industry Needs to KnowYo what’s good fam. Derek Shirley here, aka gettinghighwithcats, your friendly neighborhood craft cannabis policy “know it all” and proud dirt-under-the-nails storyteller from the Beard Bro Media. Let’s talk real quick about something important: the SHIP Act. Now before your eyes glaze over at another acronym from some D.C. suit, let me break it down. […]

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cPort Credit Union Ends Support for “Unaffiliated” Maine Cannabis CaregiversEven after a positive legislative session, Maine cannabis caregivers still remain under attack, this time in the form of banking. On June 12, 2025, cPort Credit Union sent this message out to the remaining 1600 Maine Medical Caregivers. Dear Member, cPort Credit Union has made the difficult decision to discontinue financial services for caregiver accounts […]

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Ohio SB 56: How a “Public Safety” Bill Threatens Cannabis Patients and Home GrowersYou ever feel like the people writing cannabis laws have never grown a plant, loved a patient, or paid a license fee? Yeah. Welcome to SB 56 in Ohio, the latest Trojan Horse bill dressed up like “public safety” but built to crush patients, consumers, and the small cannabis community that made this plant movement […]

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Maine Medical Community Not Going Down Without A FightWell, here we are again, somehow, I’m still standing (with 2 disabled accounts LOL). Like a damn cat with nine lives, Maine Medical keeps dodging death blows. Out of the 36 cannabis related bills that hit this session, two of them could’ve gutted the soul of the medical program. And if they’d passed? We’d be […]

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Maine lawmakers consider bills to require medical cannabis testingSeveral medical cannabis growers and patients oppose the bills, saying they will add costs to small farmers who already operate on thin margins.

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Maine’s New Bill LD 584: Gives People A Voice in Maine OCP Director Position Thru Legislators Maine is making crucial moves to strengthen its cannabis policy with a new bill that overhauls how the Director of the Office of Cannabis Policy (OCP) is appointed. If you’re familiar with how cannabis policy can go sideways when unchecked, this bill is a necessary step toward accountability, transparency, and, most importantly, avoiding future messes […]

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Letter: Cannabis office should not discount combustible smokeIt’s clear who understands cannabis and who doesn’t. The Maine Office of Cannabis Policy (OCP) is clearly in the latter category. Claims that inhaling combustible smoke is “safe” and “clean” are not only misleading, they are flat-out false. Combustible anything is never “safe” or “clean,” regardless of what it’s tested for. Testing doesn’t magically make […]

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The Compliance Scam: Why Maine’s Cannabis Testing System is a Money SinkIf you’ve been following the cannabis scene in Maine, you know things are far from straightforward. A grower who recently took to social media and who wishes to remain anonymous to avoid potential retaliation from the Maine Office of Cannabis Policy (OCP), has just run headfirst into the absurdity of Maine’s compliance testing system. The […]

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Untracked & Untested Myth Continues To Defame The Maine Medical Cannabis ProgramIn her State of the Budget address on January 28th, Governor Mills called Maine’s Medical Cannabis Program “the wild, wild west.” Cannabis was decriminalized in Maine in 1976, and medical cannabis was legalized in 1999. We have one of the oldest medical programs in the country and one of few, if not the only, where […]

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Maine OCP Under Investigation for Appearance of Conflict of Interest with MetrcAlright, folks, let’s cut through the nonsense. On Feb. 14th, 2025, the Maine Government Oversight Committee had a sit-down, and guess what? The first thing on the docket was a cannabis report from Rep. David Boyer and Chad Perkins. Rep. Boyer stepped up with an 8-page speech that laid out exactly what’s been going down: […]

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Maine’s Cannabis Testing Bill LD 104: A Death Sentence for Small Business and Patient AccessMaine’s latest cannabis legislation, An Act to Protect the Health of Medical Cannabis Patients and Streamline the Mandatory Testing of Cannabis (LD 104), might look good on paper, but let me be blunt—this bill is a disaster waiting to happen. And if you’re a small business owner or a medical cannabis patient, you need to […]

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Gov. Janet Mills Just Slammed Maine’s Medical Cannabis Program—And It’s a Total DisgraceGov. Janet Mills’ recent comments about Maine’s medical cannabis program are a total betrayal of the very people who helped get her elected—and a step backward for the industry as a whole. In her State of the Budget address, she casually dismissed Maine’s medical cannabis market, claiming, “It’s time to better regulate the medical market” […]

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29 Cannabis Bills Hit Maine Legislature—What’s at Stake for Small Farmers and Patients?The 132nd legislative session is officially kicking off, and the Maine cannabis scene is about to get heated. A total of 29 cannabis-related bills were dropped in the Maine State House this week, and while some are definitely raising some red flags, there are a few that could push the industry forward in a positive […]

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Keeping Secrets and Changing Laws: Maine OCP’s Masterclass in Political Sleight of HandSo, let’s break this down: Anya Trundy, Maine’s deputy director for legislative affairs, just admitted that she purposefully withheld a report from lawmakers that was legally required. But don’t worry, she frames it as a “very human response”—because, you know, deliberately keeping crucial information from elected officials is just part of the human experience now, […]

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RECAP: Maine Cannabis Summit Recap Hosted by State Rep. David BoyerOn January 3rd, over 90 stakeholders from across Maine—farmers, employees, patients, and consumers—gathered to discuss the upcoming legislative battle in 2025 and the significant issues facing Maine’s Medical and Adult-Use Cannabis markets, particularly with the state’s now-infamous Office of Cannabis Policy (OCP). This free event, which included a complimentary lunch, was hosted by State House […]

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Are Cannabis Remediation Machines the Next Pasteurization? Some Farmers/Stakeholders in Maine Think So!“THIS IS PASTEURIZATION 2.0!” as Matt Bayliss, owner of Garden of Gele, slammed his fist on a table at a stakeholder meeting back in November 2024. He also went on saying how there is no label requirement that lets consumers know it has been remediated, with gamma rays or any other method for that matter. […]

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Jingle Bells, High as Hell with Tastefully Baked Connoisseur’s Club Box!Maine is lucky enough to have about 1600 caregivers to serve its 109,000 in-state medical patients and probably even more out-of-state patients who rely on Maine’s Medical Program for affordable access to better canna medicine than their home state. The majority of the time, these out-of-state patients come from a state where they have limited […]

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Upward Organics: A Net Zero Emissions Cannabis Farmer in Maine Tackles Continuing Soaring High Energy CostsFirst a little background with my relationship with outdoor/sungrown cannabis. Before I moved to Maine in 2016, I will be the first to tell you, just in my personal experience, with outdoor/sungrown cannabis was never really a pleasant one, to the point where I didn’t think it was possible for outdoor/sungrown cannabis to be quality. […]

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Expanded Recall Effects 23 Adult-Use Stores in Highly Regulated MarketOn October 11, 2024, as part of an ongoing investigation, the Office of Cannabis Policy (OCP) issued a mandatory recall for select pre-ground adult-use cannabis flowers, pre-rolls, and blunts produced by Nova Farms. The products were recalled due to the presence of Microbials (aerobic bacteria and Enterobacteriaceae) and Yeast and Mold above the pass/fail threshold. […]

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Meta’s Continues Cyber Cleanse of Cannabis Pages on InstagramBack in August of this 2024, CEO Mark Zuckeberg of Meta admitted the Biden administration in 2021 pressured him into censoring content on his platform due to “safety concerns” Why is this important to cannabis pages now? Let’s start from the top. Running a social media page for cannabis brands has become a special art […]

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When Was Maine’s First Cannabis Recall?On September 10th, the Office of Maine Cannabis Policy proudly announced Cannabis Cured as its “first yeast and mold recreational product recall” and said it “…made possible due to testing and tracking requirement” because if you remember from previous articles the largest difference between Maine Medical Cannabis Program and its Adult Use is the fact […]

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Is it Myth or is it Mold?Remember the Discovery Channel show “MythBusters”? Well, here in Maine we sure have a real moldy mystery on our hands. Some might be thinking I’m talking about the “42% of medical failed adult use testing standards” that Maine OCP reported they tested “randomly” last year to mainstream media, but the REAL mold mystery began on […]

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Who Will Champion Cannabis Rights in Politics?As summer comes to an end, and as the election propaganda (on both sides) starts piling up, who is going to be the “best” political party (federally) for cannabis moving forward for America? First off, when I say “best,” what the fuck does that mean?” In my personal opinion “the best” is the following: Any […]

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A Look Into Maines Medical Cannabis Program And How It Continues to Outperform Its Adult Use MarketSo last year, August 29th, 2023 to be exact, I wrote an article for the Beard Bros titled “A Look Inside Maine’s Medical and Adult Use Cannabis Markets” essentially looking at both markets taxable sales data provide by the state’s website. What does that data look like almost a year later? Well, as predicted in […]

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Director Of OCP In Maine Comes Under FireIn my years of working in and around cannabis policy, I have never seen anything like it. State Representative David Boyer, (R) Poland, ME, is causing the “good kind” of trouble up in Maine’s State Capital. On Feb 15th, 2024 The representative has created a petition asking Maine’s Governor Janet Mills to fire the Director […]

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Maine The Latest State To Propose On-Site Cannabis ConsumptionIn the shadow of the pine-clad hills, a burgeoning debate is unfolding, one with implications that stretch far beyond the coast of the Pine Tree State. In the heart of Maine, lawmakers are embroiled in discussions that would carve out a new space in the cannabis industry—literally. We’re talking about on-site consumption, an increasingly hot […]

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Showing Up Is Half The Battle As A Medical Cannabis PatientTHE GIG IS UP! On September 26th, Maine Medical Cannabis caregivers and patients piled into 19 Union Street and filled not one, but two overflow rooms in addition to the main room. The sign-in line wrapped almost the whole way to the stairs. But one thing I noticed right off the bat is how almost […]

Maine’s New Cash CropWhen you think of Maine products what do you think of? I think a majority of people think of lobster! If you live in the New England area (or maybe farther) you might be familiar with Maine’s potato, blueberry, and even our maple syrup industry, which brings in a cool $22 million a year in […]

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Maine Adult-Use Marijuana Rules Met With OppositionHappy Holidays! Well, maybe it’s just a Maine cannabis holiday, but either way it’s cannabis rule making season in Maine! On Wednesday, September 6th, 2023 there was an official “kick off” party held by the Office of Cannabis Policy for the Adult-Use proposed rule change public hearing. There were about 25 people there and three […]

Main(e) Conflict Of InterestWhat’s Good LA, and Beard Bro Pharms community! Derek Shirley here back reporting from Maine! In today’s article we are going to be talking about a familiar term you might hear around the industry these days, conflict of interest. I know you cool cats probably know what conflict of interest is but let’s define it real […]

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A Look Inside Maine’s Medical and Adult-Use Cannabis MarketWhat’s Good LA, and Beard Bros Pharms community! My name is Derek Shirley, born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pa. After catching a felony for 4 ounces of cannabis, I became a cannabis nomad for several years. I went from living in Pittsburgh to Flagstaff, AZ, to now where I call home Gray, Maine. Here in […]

High Times Announces IP Deal That Leaves Industry Skeptical Yet AgainHigh Times, known for its iconic cannabis lifestyle magazine and brand, recently announced a deal with Lucy Scientific that has got the industry buzzing. The two companies have struck an agreement that would transfer High Times’ intellectual property assets in exchange for stock in Lucy Scientific, a Nasdaq-listed company with holdings and operations in various […]

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