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Marijuana regulation across Maine

What this decidesWhether a town allows the business at all, how many licences exist, and where one can locate.

Local opt-in and opt-out decisions, licence caps, buffer distances and zoning for cannabis businesses, and the moratoria and referenda that precede them.Our definition of the class.

31
towns on the record
238
events on the record
156
in the last 90 days

What this page is for one topic across Maine's municipalities on the public record: where it is moving, which towns carry it, the documents behind it. A subscriber sees it cut to their own towns and questions. If it does not, write to us; that is what changes the next edition.

Where it is on the record31 towns, most movement first

Every town carrying this class on the record through 2026-08-31: events in the last 90 days against the 90 before, the same 90-day count as a rolling line, whose right-hand point is that number, the latest document.
Oxford43 events34 in 90 dayslatest 2026-08-07, Minutes — Board of Selectmen
Wiscasset54 events33 in 90 days ▲ +83.3%latest 2026-08-07, Minutes — 1 - Wiscasset Selectboard
Hollis51 events33 in 90 days ▲ +83.3%latest 2026-08-07, Minutes — Planning Board
Eliot45 events32 in 90 days ▲ +146.2%latest 2026-08-07, Agenda center file Budget Committee Regular Meetin
Livermore Falls5 events4 in 90 dayslatest 2026-08-30, PB 2.18. 2026 Minutes
Presque Isle4 events2 in 90 daysnew on the recordlatest 2026-08-09, ORDINANCE INDEX
Farmingdale2 events2 in 90 daysnew on the recordlatest 2026-08-19, Code_of_Ordinance_updated_6-22-2026
South Portland2 events2 in 90 daysnew on the recordlatest 2026-08-31, Planning Board Meeting (In-Person and Remote, i.e.
Caribou4 events1 in 90 daysnew on the recordlatest 2026-08-24, Minutes
Scarborough2 events1 in 90 daysnew on the recordlatest 2026-08-31, Town Council Regular Meeting - Jul 15 2026 — 2026-
Wilton2 events1 in 90 days ▬ +0.0%latest 2026-07-18, Selectboard Minutes 01-20-2026
Chelsea1 event1 in 90 daysnew on the recordlatest 2026-08-24, Marijuana Business Licensing Ordinance
Durham1 event1 in 90 daysnew on the recordlatest 2026-08-30, Open
Madawaska1 event1 in 90 daysnew on the recordlatest 2026-08-14, Agenda
Naples1 event1 in 90 daysnew on the recordlatest 2026-07-18, PB Meeting Minutes 3 3 2026
Newport1 event1 in 90 daysnew on the recordlatest 2026-08-24, Marijuana Ordinance
Paris1 event1 in 90 daysnew on the recordlatest 2026-08-24, Download
Patten1 event1 in 90 daysnew on the recordlatest 2026-08-24, 906D92 917B643B4F3E4Bb79Ab38490B1Ba27C3
Richmond1 event1 in 90 daysnew on the recordlatest 2026-07-18, https://www.richmondmaine.com/media/Uploads/articl
Shapleigh1 event1 in 90 daysnew on the recordlatest 2026-08-14, Comprehensive Plan Survey
Vassalboro1 event1 in 90 daysnew on the recordlatest 2026-07-18, Download
Warren1 event1 in 90 daysnew on the recordlatest 2026-07-19, boards-committees_responsibilites_62226.pdf
Turner3 events0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-04-11, Agenda – November 3, 2025 Meeting
Belfast2 events0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-05-28, City Council Meeting — Agenda
Auburn1 event0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-03-02, Appendix A - FEES & CHARGES
Canaan1 event0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-04-21, Dispensary_Registration_App_03-25conv_Version2.pdf
Woolwich1 event0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-04-22, Commercial Cannabis Operations Application

Who this typically touches

Business types a matter in this class typically reaches. Our inference from the class, not the record's words; a specific organization is named on these pages only when the record itself names it.

Likely to gain: licensing and land use consultants (an opt-in town has applicants who need both).

Likely affected: cannabis operators and licence applicants (a cap or a buffer rule decides whether a location is available at all).

Worth watching: commercial landlords with tenants in the category (an opt-out or a buffer change can strand a lease).

One scope up

The same class at a wider scope: Marijuana regulation in Maine · Marijuana regulation in Massachusetts · Marijuana regulation in Connecticut · Marijuana regulation in Kentucky · Marijuana regulation in New York · Marijuana regulation in California · Marijuana regulation across the country.

Counts and dates are taken from the documents on the record in this window. The class and its definition are ours.