Data as of 2026-06-07

Maine

Maine voters approved adult-use cannabis through Question 1 on November 8, 2016; the Marijuana Legalization Act took effect on January 30, 2017, but legal retail sales did not begin until October 2020 — 1,348 days later, one of the longest legalization-to-first-sale gaps of any state. By the close of calendar-year 2025 adult-use retail sales reached $246,423,516, up 1.0 percent over 2024, which works out to $175.39 in adult-use sales per resident. That per-resident figure counts adult-use only; Maine does not publish medical sales dollars under its caregiver model, so combined legal consumption is higher than the figure shows. Growth has slowed from the triple-digit expansion of the program's first full years: sales rose from roughly $82 million in 2021 to about $159 million in 2022 and $217 million in 2023 before flattening. The average adult-use price per gram fell from $12.75 in 2021 to $6.62 in 2025, a decline of roughly 48 percent. On the supply side, 78 of 93 awarded cultivation licenses are active, an activation rate of 83.9 percent, and 180 of 224 awarded retail licenses are active, a rate of 80.4 percent. The active cultivation count fell from 87 in 2024 to 78 in 2025. There is no statewide license cap, and where businesses may operate is set by municipal opt-in: 75 of Maine's 484 municipalities permit a retail store.

Market

Licensing & Market

Maine has awarded 93 cultivation licenses and 224 retail-store licenses. Of those, 78 cultivators and 180 retail stores are active — activation rates of 83.9 percent and 80.4 percent respectively; only active-status licensees may transact, and the awarded totals include conditional and jurisdiction-approved licenses that cannot yet sell. There are 55.5 active cultivators per million residents. There are 12.81 active retail stores per 100,000 residents. There is no statewide license cap: Title 28-B Section 201 bars the Office of Cannabis Policy from limiting the number of any license type, leaving supply constrained by municipal opt-in and market economics rather than a numerical ceiling. Licenses are transferable with office approval. Vertical integration is permitted, with no provision barring common ownership across the cultivation, manufacturing, and store tiers. Maine's two-year residency requirement is unenforced — the Attorney General concluded it could not survive a dormant Commerce Clause challenge, and the state ceased enforcement effective May 11, 2020. Municipal opt-in governs where businesses may operate: 75 of 484 municipalities (15.5 percent) permit a retail store, with higher opt-in counts for cultivation (112) and manufacturing (81). The cultivation application fee is $100 and the retail-store application fee is $250; the cultivation license fee runs up to $500 for a Tier 1 indoor operator and the retail license fee up to $2,500. The state tracks product through Metrc.

Field Value Source
Cultivator licenses awarded 93 [8]
Cultivator licenses operational 78 [9]
Cultivator activation rate 83.9% [10]
Operating cultivators per million 55.5 [11]
Retail licenses awarded 224 [12]
Retail licenses operational 180 [13]
Retail activation rate 80.4% [14]
Dispensaries per 100k 12.81 [15]
Vertical integration allowed [16]
License caps exist No [17]
Licenses transferable Yes [18]
Residency required No [19]
Residency duration (months) Not available in the public record —
Municipalities allowing 75 [20]
Municipalities total 484 [21]
Municipal opt-in rate 15.5% [22]
Track-and-trace system Metrc [23]
Cultivator application fee $100 [24]
Cultivator annual fee $500 [25]
Retail application fee $250 [26]
Retail annual fee $2,500 [27]
Consumers

Consumer Rules

Adults 21 and over may possess up to 2.5 ounces of cannabis, of which no more than 10 grams may be concentrate. Home cultivation is permitted: a person 21 or older may grow up to 6 mature plants, 12 immature plants, and an unlimited number of seedlings for personal use. Per-transaction purchases are capped at the 2.5-ounce possession limit; Maine sets no separate per-transaction milligram cap for edibles. All major product forms are legal, including dried flower, concentrates, vape formulations, tinctures, topicals, and edible foods, drinks, and pills, subject to potency, serving, and packaging rules. Delivery is legal and operational: as of December 31, 2025, six retail stores were authorized to deliver and five conducted deliveries, generating $231,298 in delivery sales for the year. Consumption lounges are not legal — no on-site or social-consumption license type exists, and the specified-event permit expressly prohibits on-site consumption.

Field Value Source
Home grow allowed Yes [28]
Home grow plant limit 6 [29]
Possession limit (oz) 2.5 [30]
Delivery legal Yes [31]
Delivery operational Yes [32]
Consumption lounges legal No [33]
Consumption lounges count 0 [34]
Purchase limit, flower (oz) 2.5 [35]
Purchase limit, concentrate (g) 10 [36]
Purchase limit, edibles (mg) Not available in the public record —
All product forms legal Yes [37]
Restricted product forms Not available in the public record —
Taxes

Taxation

Maine imposes a cannabis-specific sales tax on adult-use cannabis and a per-weight excise levied upstream on cultivators rather than a percentage charged at retail. Effective January 1, 2026, the adult-use sales tax rose from 10 percent to 14 percent and the per-weight flower excise was cut by one-third, from $335 to $223 per pound, both enacted by P.L. 2025, c. 388, Pt. F. There is no local-option cannabis tax; cannabis taxes are state-level only, as Title 28-B grants municipalities zoning and opt-in authority but no taxing power. Medical cannabis is not exempt — it is taxed at Maine's general 5.5 percent sales rate, outside the elevated adult-use rate and the adult-use excise. The consumer-facing rate increased from 10 percent to 14 percent while the upstream cultivation excise fell; the direction of the change differs by where in the chain it lands. Calendar-year 2025 cannabis tax revenue was $42,200,295 — $24,049,099.96 in sales tax and $18,151,194.78 in excise — which works out to $30.04 per resident. Those 2025 dollars were generated under the prior 10 percent sales and $335-per-pound excise regime.

Field Value Source
Excise tax Not available in the public record —
Excise tax type per weight [38]
Sales tax 14% [39]
Wholesale tax Not available in the public record —
Potency tax exists No [40]
Potency tax, flower Not available in the public record —
Potency tax, concentrate Not available in the public record —
Potency tax, edibles Not available in the public record —
Local tax (max) 0% [41]
Local tax (typical) 0% [42]
Total effective rate 14% [43]
Medical tax exempt No [44]
Medical tax rate 5.5% [45]
Annual tax revenue $42,200,295 [46]
Tax revenue per capita $30.04 [47]
Tax changed since legalization Yes [48]
Tax direction increased [49]
Operators

Operator Data

Adult-use retail sales reached $246,423,516 in calendar-year 2025, up 1.0 percent over 2024 and slowed from the triple-digit expansion of the market's first full years. Sales per resident were $175.39, counting adult-use only. The average adult-use price per gram fell from $12.75 in 2021 to $6.62 in 2025, a decline of roughly 48 percent; at the 2025 average this works out to about $187.67 per ounce. The active cultivation count fell from 87 in 2024 to 78 in 2025, and approved canopy fell from 311,669 to 279,197 square feet, with cultivation capacity utilization at 66.5 percent in 2025, down from 74.7 percent in 2024. Maine publishes no public wholesale price index, so wholesale-level price compression and operator margins cannot be quantified from public records. The state reports net annual change in license counts rather than a cumulative surrendered-since-peak ledger, so all-time license attrition and the peak cultivation count cannot be stated from public sources.

Field Value Source
Wholesale flower ($/lb) Not available in the public record —
Wholesale flower period Not available in the public record —
Wholesale trend declining [50]
Wholesale price compression Not available in the public record —
Retail flower ($/oz) $187.67 [51]
Operator margin Not available in the public record —
Total market sales Not available in the public record —
Adult-use sales $246,423,516 [52]
Per-capita sales $174.17 [53]
YoY sales growth 1% [54]
License attrition (count) Not available in the public record —
License attrition Not available in the public record —
Peak cultivation licenses Not available in the public record —
Current cultivation licenses 78 [55]
Outcomes

Consumer Data

Maine residents purchased $175.39 of adult-use cannabis per capita in 2025, counting adult-use only and excluding the state's larger medical caregiver market, which Maine does not report in sales dollars. They were served by 12.81 active retail stores per 100,000 residents. The average adult-use price per gram fell from $12.75 in 2021 to $6.62 in 2025, a decline of roughly 48 percent. The state publishes no estimate of legal-market capture — the share of total consumption met by licensed retailers versus the unregulated market — so the degree to which legal supply has displaced the legacy market cannot be stated from public sources.

Field Value Source
Per-capita sales $174.17 [53]
Dispensaries per 100k 12.81 [15]
Legal market capture Not available in the public record —
Legal capture source Not available in the public record —
Retail price trend declining [56]
Equity

Equity Programs

Maine has no cannabis-licensing social equity program: there is no equity license tier, ownership set-aside, or licensing fee waiver within the Office of Cannabis Policy framework. The only statutory program carrying the social-equity label is a general workforce-development and support program for impacted communities under Title 5 M.R.S. Sections 13301 to 13303, administered by the Department of Economic and Community Development, capped at $300,000 per biennium and partly funded by cannabis revenue; it does not create cannabis equity licenses. There is no dedicated cannabis-business equity fund. The Office of Cannabis Policy publishes licensee and owner names but no aggregated ownership demographics, so minority-owned and women-owned shares cannot be stated from public sources. On records relief, Maine enacted a petition-based mechanism in 2024 (LD 2236) to seal pre-January 30, 2017 cannabis convictions; relief is by motion rather than automatic, an automatic-sealing alternative having been rejected on cost, and the Judicial Branch has not published a count of records sealed.

Field Value Source
Equity program exists No [58]
Equity program type No cannabis-licensing social equity program exists in Maine — there is no equity license tier, ownership set-aside, or licensing fee waiver within the Office of Cannabis Policy framework. Maine's only statutory 'social equity program' is a general economic/workforce-development program under Title 5 M.R.S. ch. 395 (§§13301-13303), administered by the Dept. of Economic & Community Development for 'impacted communities,' capped at $300,000 per biennium and partly funded by cannabis revenue via 28-B M.R.S. §1101. It does not create cannabis equity licenses. [59]
Equity licenses awarded Not available in the public record —
Equity licenses operational Not available in the public record —
Equity activation rate Not available in the public record —
Equity fund exists No [60]
Equity fund size Not available in the public record —
Equity fund disbursed Not available in the public record —
Equity fund disbursement rate Not available in the public record —
Minority ownership Not available in the public record —
Women ownership Not available in the public record —
Community reinvestment Not available in the public record —
Expungement exists Yes [61]
Expungement automatic No [62]
Expungements processed Not available in the public record —
Income cap for equity Not available in the public record —
Enforcement

Enforcement

Maine tracks regulated product seed-to-sale through Metrc. The Office of Cannabis Policy completed 505 compliance inspections in 2025, covering 82.7 percent of active licensees, and requires testing across eight analyte categories; 17,701 adult-use samples were tested in 2025 with a 6.4 percent initial fail rate. The adult-use program's fiscal-year 2025 expenditures were $4,195,085, and the Office had 46 full-time employees as of December 2025, shared across the adult-use and medical programs. Beyond these figures, the state does not publish several enforcement metrics as clean public series: a single annual count of enforcement actions against licensees, illicit-market enforcement actions, per-batch testing cost, the product-recall count, and a published operator fine schedule are not available in the public record — not because enforcement does not occur, but because the regulator reports complaint dispositions and case-specific settlements rather than figures that reduce to a single sourceable number.

Field Value Source
Track-and-trace system Metrc [23]
Inspections per year 505 [63]
Enforcement actions (licensees) Not available in the public record —
Unlicensed-market enforcement actions Not available in the public record —
Regulatory budget $4,195,085 [64]
Regulatory staff 46 [65]
Mandatory testing analytes 8 [66]
Testing cost per batch Not available in the public record —
Product recalls per year Not available in the public record —
Fine schedule (min) Not available in the public record —
Fine schedule (max) Not available in the public record —
Criminal Law

Penalties & Criminal Law

Maine's 2016 legalization created the legal 2.5-ounce possession and 6-mature-plant carve-out, reducing exposure for small amounts; the underlying Title 17-A weight tiers predate legalization and remain unchanged. No cannabis criminal penalty has been increased since legalization, and reform efforts sought to raise felony thresholds rather than lower them; the net direction is lighter. Possession above the 2.5-ounce limit is tiered: over 2.5 to 8 ounces is a Class E crime (up to 6 months), over 8 to 16 ounces a Class D crime (up to 364 days), over 1 pound to 20 pounds a Class C crime (up to 5 years), and over 20 pounds a Class B crime (up to 10 years). The felony threshold for possession and trafficking is more than 1 pound — roughly 453.59 grams, the 1-pound boundary. Unlicensed cultivation is charged by plant count: 100 or more plants is a Class C crime and 500 or more a Class B crime, carrying up to 10 years and a fine up to $20,000 at the top tier. Maine sets no per se THC blood limit for impaired driving, relying instead on an impairment standard. Eligible pre-2017 records may be sealed by petition. Post-legalization arrest counts and the racial disparity ratio are drawn only from secondary federal data that under-reports: NORML's compilation of FBI figures records 129 cannabis arrests in calendar-year 2024 (86 possession, 43 sale), and the ACLU, using 2018 FBI data, reported that Black Mainers were about four times more likely than white residents to be arrested for cannabis possession.

Field Value Source
Max penalty, unlicensed cultivation Unlicensed cultivation above the personal limit (6 mature / 12 immature plants, 28-B M.R.S. §1501) is prosecuted by plant count under 17-A M.R.S. §1103(1-A): 100 or more plants = Class C crime (up to 5 years / $5,000); 500 or more plants = Class B crime (up to 10 years / $20,000). Maximum felony tier = Class B, 10 years, $20,000. [67]
Max penalty, unlicensed sale Unlicensed sale = unlawful trafficking/furnishing under 17-A M.R.S. §1103: more than 1 lb of marijuana = Class C crime (up to 5 years / $5,000); 20 lbs or more, or 500+ plants = Class B crime (up to 10 years / $20,000). Maximum = Class B, 10 years, $20,000 (17-A §1252(2), §1301(1-A)). [68]
Felony threshold (grams) 453.59 [69]
Felony threshold type any [70]
Penalty, possession over limit Possession over the 2.5 oz adult-use limit is tiered (17-A M.R.S. §1107-A(1)(F)): over 2.5-8 oz = Class E (up to 6 months / $1,000); over 8-16 oz = Class D (up to 364 days / $2,000); over 1 lb-20 lbs = Class C (up to 5 years / $5,000); over 20 lbs = Class B (up to 10 years / $20,000). [71]
Penalty, public consumption Civil violation; fine of not more than $100 (28-B M.R.S. §1501(2)). [72]
DUI per se limit (ng) Not available in the public record —
DUI zero tolerance No [73]
Penalties increased post-legalization No [74]
Penalty direction lighter [75]
Penalty direction details Maine's 2016 ballot legalization (Question 1; effective 2017-01-30) created the legal 2.5 oz possession / 6-mature-plant adult-use carve-out, reducing exposure for small amounts. The underlying 17-A trafficking/possession weight tiers predate legalization and remain unchanged (felony at >1 lb). In April 2024, LD 2236 added a petition-based mechanism to seal pre-Jan-30-2017 marijuana convictions. No cannabis criminal penalty has been increased since legalization; reform efforts (e.g., LD 1492) sought to RAISE felony thresholds. Maine's >1 lb felony threshold remains among the lower thresholds nationally. [76]
Post-legalization arrests (annual) 129 [77]
Racial disparity ratio 4 [78]
Expungement exists Yes [61]
Expungement automatic No [62]

Sources

  1. ↑ [Maine Office of Cannabis Policy — Adult Use Cannabis Program](); legalization under the Marijuana Legalization Act, Title 28-B M.R.S https://www.maine.gov/dafs/ocp/adult-use
  2. ↑ [U.S. Census QuickFacts: Maine]() https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/ME/PST045224
  3. ↑ License/market/revenue figures are CY2025 from the [OCP 2025 AUCP Annual Report]() (filed Feb 2026, covering year ended 2025-12-31); tax RATES reflect current law as of June 2026 (14% sales tax / $223-per-lb excise effective 2026-01-01) https://www.maine.gov/dafs/ocp/sites/maine.gov.dafs.ocp/files/inline-files/2025%20AUCP%20Annual%20Report.pdf
  4. ↑ Question 1 of 2016 (An Act to Legalize Marijuana) approved Nov 8, 2016; the Marijuana Legalization Act (now Title 28-B M.R.S.) took effect Jan 30, 2017, legalizing adult possession and home cultivation. [Title 28-B M.R.S.]() https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/28-b/title28-B.pdf
  5. ↑ The [OCP 2025 AUCP Annual Report]() confirms adult-use retail sales began in 'October of 2020'; the specific first-sale day of Oct 9, 2020 is per contemporaneous reporting (Portland Press Herald / MJBizDaily, Oct 2020) — the OCP report states only the month https://www.maine.gov/dafs/ocp/sites/maine.gov.dafs.ocp/files/inline-files/2025%20AUCP%20Annual%20Report.pdf
  6. ↑ Computed: first_sale_date (2020-10-09) − legalization_date (2017-01-30) = 1,348 days — one of the longest legalization-to-first-sale gaps of any state.
  7. ↑ [U.S. Census QuickFacts: Maine]() — Vintage 2024 population estimate (1,405,012, as of July 1, 2024). NOTE: QuickFacts returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch and the NST-EST2024 table could not be cell-parsed in-environment; figure is the published V2024 estimate and needs an in-browser confirmation. 2020 decennial count was 1,362,359 https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/ME/PST045224
  8. ↑ [OCP 2025 AUCP Annual Report]() Figure 'AUCP Licenses as of December 31, 2025' — 93 cultivation licenses across all tiers and statuses (Nursery 2 + Tier 1 Canopy 8 + Tier 1 Plant Count 4 + Tier 2 42 + Tier 3 27 + Tier 4 10) https://www.maine.gov/dafs/ocp/sites/maine.gov.dafs.ocp/files/inline-files/2025%20AUCP%20Annual%20Report.pdf
  9. ↑ [OCP 2025 AUCP Annual Report]() §3.1 — 'As of December 31, 2025, there were 78 adult use cultivation establishments with active licenses representing a total of 279,197 square feet of plant canopy.' https://www.maine.gov/dafs/ocp/sites/maine.gov.dafs.ocp/files/inline-files/2025%20AUCP%20Annual%20Report.pdf
  10. ↑ Computed: 78 active / 93 total cultivation licenses × 100
  11. ↑ Computed: 78 active cultivation / (1,405,012 / 1,000,000)
  12. ↑ [OCP 2025 AUCP Annual Report]() Figure 'AUCP Licenses as of December 31, 2025' — Cannabis Retail Store total 224 (33 conditional + 12 conditional jurisdiction-approved + 180 active) https://www.maine.gov/dafs/ocp/sites/maine.gov.dafs.ocp/files/inline-files/2025%20AUCP%20Annual%20Report.pdf
  13. ↑ [OCP 2025 AUCP Annual Report]() — 180 active Cannabis Retail Store licenses as of 2025-12-31 (only 'active' status may sell) https://www.maine.gov/dafs/ocp/sites/maine.gov.dafs.ocp/files/inline-files/2025%20AUCP%20Annual%20Report.pdf
  14. ↑ Computed: 180 active / 224 total retail licenses × 100
  15. ↑ Computed: 180 active retail stores / (1,405,012 / 100,000)
  16. ↑ Allowed (permitted, not required, not prohibited). [28-B M.R.S. §201]() authorizes an applicant to operate one or more license types; no provision bars common ownership across cultivation/manufacturing/store tiers https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/28-B/title28-Bsec201.html
  17. ↑ No statewide numerical cap. [28-B M.R.S. §201]() — 'the office may not impose any limitation on the number of each type of license that it issues to a qualified individual applicant or on the total number of each type of license that it issues to qualified applicants.' (Municipal local limits remain possible.) https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/28-B/title28-Bsec201.html
  18. ↑ [28-B M.R.S. §210]() — a licensee may apply for approval to transfer ownership interests in the license; transfers below a 5% ownership-interest threshold may be reported at renewal without prior approval https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/28-b/title28-Bsec210.html
  19. ↑ Maine's adult-use residency requirement (28-B M.R.S. §202(2)) is unenforced. The Attorney General concluded it could not survive a dormant Commerce Clause challenge; the State ceased enforcement effective May 11, 2020. [OCP non-enforcement notice]() — 'defendants will not be enforcing the Residency Requirement or any agency rules, regulations or guidance which enforce or implement the Residency Requirement.' https://www.maine.gov/dafs/ocp/news-events/news/aump-lawsuit-residency-requirement
  20. ↑ [Maine OCP — An Introduction to the Office of Cannabis Policy (legislature.maine.gov/doc/11360)]() — municipalities opted in to a Cannabis Retail Store: 75 (15% of all Maine municipalities), data reflecting ~2024 (published 2025). By activity, opt-ins were higher for cultivation (112), products manufacturing (81), and testing (80); 75 (retail) is used as the market-access count. Live but un-totaled table: [OCP Adult Use Opt-in Communities](https://www.maine.gov/dafs/ocp/open-data/adult-use/opt-in-communities) https://legislature.maine.gov/doc/11360
  21. ↑ [U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments — Maine]() — 484 sub-county general-purpose governments (cities and towns). A cities+towns+plantations count is 482 (secondary) https://www2.census.gov/govs/cog/gc0212me.pdf
  22. ↑ Computed: 75 retail opt-in municipalities / 484 total × 100 = 15.5% (OCP reports ~15%).
  23. ↑ Metrc. [OCP Inventory Tracking]() — 'In February of 2020, the Office of Cannabis Policy (OCP) entered into a contract with Metrc, LLC to satisfy its statutory requirement.' https://www.maine.gov/dafs/ocp/node/295
  24. ↑ [28-B M.R.S. §207]() — cultivation facility application fee $100 (all tiers) https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/28-B/title28-Bsec207.html
  25. ↑ [28-B M.R.S. §207]() — Tier 1 license fee up to $500 (indoor, plant-canopy-based) / $250 (outdoor); fee scales by tier and indoor/outdoor (plant-count Tier 1: up to $17/mature plant indoor). Tier 1 indoor $500 shown as the small-operator entry value https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/28-B/title28-Bsec207.html
  26. ↑ [28-B M.R.S. §207]() — 'For a products manufacturing facility license or a cannabis store license, the office shall require payment of an application fee of $250...' https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/28-B/title28-Bsec207.html
  27. ↑ [28-B M.R.S. §207]() — '...and a license fee of not more than $2,500' for a cannabis store license https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/28-B/title28-Bsec207.html
  28. ↑ [28-B M.R.S. §1502(1)]() — a person 21+ may cultivate cannabis for personal adult use https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/28-b/title28-Bsec1502.html
  29. ↑ [28-B M.R.S. §1502(1)]() — 'a person 21 years of age or older may cultivate up to 6 mature cannabis plants, up to 12 immature cannabis plants and an unlimited number of seedlings.' https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/28-b/title28-Bsec1502.html
  30. ↑ [28-B M.R.S. §1501(1)(B)]() — 'up to 2 1/2 ounces of cannabis or 2 1/2 ounces of a combination of cannabis and cannabis concentrate that includes no more than 10 grams of cannabis concentrate.' https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/28-b/title28-Bsec1501.html
  31. ↑ [28-B M.R.S. §504(9)]() — 'A cannabis store, cultivation facility or products manufacturing facility may operate a limited delivery service...' (enabled by P.L. 2021 ch. 667 and P.L. 2023 ch. 679) https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/28-b/title28-Bsec504.html
  32. ↑ [OCP 2025 AUCP Annual Report]() — as of 2025-12-31, six retail stores were authorized for delivery and five conducted deliveries, generating $231,298 in delivery sales in 2025 https://www.maine.gov/dafs/ocp/sites/maine.gov.dafs.ocp/files/inline-files/2025%20AUCP%20Annual%20Report.pdf
  33. ↑ Not legal. No on-site/social-consumption license exists; the 'specified event permit' expressly prohibits on-site consumption. [28-B M.R.S. §504-A(4)(C)]() — 'A cannabis store shall provide signs notifying customers that adult use cannabis and adult use cannabis products may not be consumed on the permitted premises of the specified event.' https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/statutes/28-B/title28-Bsec504-A.html
  34. ↑ Zero — no social-consumption license type exists in Maine and none operate. [28-B M.R.S. §504-A]() https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/statutes/28-B/title28-Bsec504-A.html
  35. ↑ [28-B M.R.S. §1501(1)(F)]() — purchase up to 2 1/2 oz per transaction; §504(2)(B) ties the single-sale cap to the §1501 personal limit. No separate per-transaction schedule https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/28-b/title28-Bsec1501.html
  36. ↑ [28-B M.R.S. §1501(1)(F)]() — the 2.5 oz purchase limit may include no more than 10 grams of cannabis concentrate https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/28-b/title28-Bsec1501.html
  37. ↑ [28-B M.R.S. §102]() — 'cannabis product' includes edible cannabis products (food, drink, pill), cannabis ointment, and cannabis tincture; flower and concentrate are separately defined. No major product form is categorically banned for adult use (subject to potency/serving/packaging rules) https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/28-B/title28-Bsec102.html
  38. ↑ Per-weight. [36 M.R.S. §4923]() — adult-use cannabis excise is levied at the cultivation/transfer level per pound of flower/trim, per plant, and per seed (not per price or per potency) https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/36/title36sec4923-2.html
  39. ↑ [36 M.R.S. §1811(1)(D)(5)]() — 14% on adult-use cannabis for sales on or after Jan 1, 2026 (was 10% before). Enacted by P.L. 2025, c. 388, Pt. F; [MRS General Information Bulletin No. 115](https://www.maine.gov/revenue/sites/maine.gov.revenue/files/inline-files/GIB%20115_FINAL_2025_10_17_0.pdf) https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/statutes/36/title36sec1811.html
  40. ↑ No potency-tiered tax. Maine's excise is per-weight and its sales tax is a flat ad valorem rate. [36 M.R.S. §4923](); [36 M.R.S. §1811](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/statutes/36/title36sec1811.html) https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/36/title36sec4923-2.html
  41. ↑ No local-option cannabis tax exists in Maine. Cannabis taxes are state-level only (§1811 sales tax and Title 36 ch. 723 excise); Title 28-B grants municipalities authorization/zoning authority (§402) but no taxing power. [Title 28-B M.R.S.]() — rests on absence of statutory authority, not an express prohibition https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/28-b/title28-B.pdf
  42. ↑ No local cannabis tax levied in Maine (no statutory municipal taxing authority). [Title 28-B M.R.S.]() https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/28-b/title28-B.pdf
  43. ↑ Computed: 14% state cannabis sales tax with no local-option cannabis tax. The per-weight excise is levied upstream on cultivators and embedded in shelf price, not added at the register. [36 M.R.S. §1811]() https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/statutes/36/title36sec1811.html
  44. ↑ Medical cannabis is NOT exempt — it is subject to Maine's general 5.5% sales tax (it is excluded from the elevated cannabis-specific 10%/14% rate, which by §1811(1)(D)(5) applies to adult use and to cannabis 'sold to an individual who is not a qualifying patient'). [36 M.R.S. §1811(1)(D)(5)]() https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/statutes/36/title36sec1811.html
  45. ↑ 5.5% general Maine sales tax applies to cannabis sold to a qualifying patient (the qualifying-patient carve-out in §1811(1)(D)(5) keeps medical out of the elevated cannabis rate; medical is also outside the adult-use excise). [36 M.R.S. §1811](). Corroborated: medical sales-tax deposits to the General Fund were $14,276,222 in FY2025 per [OCP 2025 Medical Use of Cannabis Program Annual Report] https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/statutes/36/title36sec1811.html
  46. ↑ [OCP 2025 AUCP Annual Report]() 'All Adult Use Cannabis Revenue for Calendar Year 2025' — sales tax $24,049,099.96 + excise tax $18,151,194.78 = $42,200,294.74 (rounded $42,200,295). Total program revenue incl. fees and fines was $43,715,681.74 https://www.maine.gov/dafs/ocp/sites/maine.gov.dafs.ocp/files/inline-files/2025%20AUCP%20Annual%20Report.pdf
  47. ↑ Computed: $42,200,295 (CY2025 cannabis tax) / 1,405,012 population
  48. ↑ [36 M.R.S. §1811(1)(D)(5)]() and [MRS GIB 115](https://www.maine.gov/revenue/sites/maine.gov.revenue/files/inline-files/GIB%20115_FINAL_2025_10_17_0.pdf) — effective Jan 1, 2026 the sales tax rose 10%→14% while the per-weight excise was cut by one-third ($335→$223/lb flower). Both changed via P.L. 2025, c. 388, Pt. F https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/statutes/36/title36sec1811.html
  49. ↑ Increased (consumer-facing). The retail sales tax rose 10%→14% effective Jan 1, 2026; the upstream cultivation excise simultaneously fell by one-third — so the change is mixed, but the rate a consumer pays increased. [MRS GIB 115]() https://www.maine.gov/revenue/sites/maine.gov.revenue/files/inline-files/GIB%20115_FINAL_2025_10_17_0.pdf
  50. ↑ Declining (inferred). Maine publishes no public wholesale price index; direction is inferred from the [OCP 2025 AUCP Annual Report]() retail average price per gram ($12.75 in 2021 → $6.62 in 2025) and falling cultivation capacity utilization (74.7% in 2024 → 66.5% in 2025) https://www.maine.gov/dafs/ocp/sites/maine.gov.dafs.ocp/files/inline-files/2025%20AUCP%20Annual%20Report.pdf
  51. ↑ [OCP 2025 AUCP Annual Report]() — average adult-use price per gram $6.62 (2025) × 28.3495 g/oz = $187.67/oz https://www.maine.gov/dafs/ocp/sites/maine.gov.dafs.ocp/files/inline-files/2025%20AUCP%20Annual%20Report.pdf
  52. ↑ [OCP 2025 AUCP Annual Report]() — CY2025 gross retail sales $246,423,516 (annual-trend table; prose states $246,423,512 across 4,835,682 transactions), +1.0% vs 2024 https://www.maine.gov/dafs/ocp/sites/maine.gov.dafs.ocp/files/inline-files/2025%20AUCP%20Annual%20Report.pdf
  53. ↑ CALC: CY2025 · adult-use sales $246,423,516 / population 1,414,874 (U.S. Census Vintage 2025) = $174.17. Reconciled adult-use per-capita (matches Operator Outcomes and the ranking page).
  54. ↑ [OCP 2025 AUCP Annual Report]() — 'retail sales increased 1.0 percent between 2024 and 2025.' https://www.maine.gov/dafs/ocp/sites/maine.gov.dafs.ocp/files/inline-files/2025%20AUCP%20Annual%20Report.pdf
  55. ↑ [OCP 2025 AUCP Annual Report]() — 78 active adult-use cultivation establishments as of 2025-12-31 (down from 87 in 2024) https://www.maine.gov/dafs/ocp/sites/maine.gov.dafs.ocp/files/inline-files/2025%20AUCP%20Annual%20Report.pdf
  56. ↑ [OCP 2025 AUCP Annual Report]() — average adult-use price per gram fell from $12.75 (2021) to $6.62 (2025), a ~48% decline https://www.maine.gov/dafs/ocp/sites/maine.gov.dafs.ocp/files/inline-files/2025%20AUCP%20Annual%20Report.pdf
  57. ↑ Computed: CY2025 adult-use retail sales $246,423,516 / population 1,405,012
  58. ↑ No cannabis-LICENSING social equity program (no equity license tier, ownership set-aside, or licensing fee waiver). Maine's only statutory 'social equity program' is a DECD-administered workforce-development/support program for 'impacted communities' (populations harmed by disproportionate cannabis-related incarceration) under [Title 5 M.R.S. §13301](), funded partly by cannabis revenue via [28-B M.R.S. §1101](https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/28-b/title28-Bsec1101.html); it does not create cannabis equity licenses https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/5/title5sec13301.html
  59. ↑ [Title 5 M.R.S. §§13301-13303]() — a DECD-administered social-equity workforce/support program for 'impacted communities,' statutorily capped at $300,000 per biennium — and [28-B M.R.S. §1101](https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/28-b/title28-Bsec1101.html) (opt-in fund may transfer money to the Title 5 program). It is NOT a cannabis-licensing equity program (no equity licenses, set-asides, or fee waivers) https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/5/title5sec13301.html
  60. ↑ No dedicated cannabis equity fund for licensees. The Adult Use Cannabis Public Health and Safety and Municipal Opt-in Fund ([28-B M.R.S. §1103]()) reimburses municipalities and may transfer money to the general Title 5 social equity program; it is not a cannabis-business equity fund https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/28-b/title28-Bsec1101.html
  61. ↑ Maine enacted a petition-based mechanism to SEAL pre-Jan-30-2017 marijuana convictions via LD 2236 (signed April 2024), codified in Title 15 M.R.S. ch. 310-A. [15 M.R.S. §2261](). (Maine's general expungement statute, former 15 M.R.S. §2161-A, was repealed in 1977; relief is via sealing.) https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/15/title15sec2261.html
  62. ↑ Petition-based, not automatic. Eligible individuals file a Motion to Seal Criminal History (court form CR-218); a separate automatic-sealing proposal was rejected on cost. [15 M.R.S. §2261]() https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/15/title15sec2261.html
  63. ↑ [OCP 2025 AUCP Annual Report]() — 505 adult-use compliance inspections completed in 2025, covering 82.7% of all licensees active as of 2025-12-31 https://www.maine.gov/dafs/ocp/sites/maine.gov.dafs.ocp/files/inline-files/2025%20AUCP%20Annual%20Report.pdf
  64. ↑ [OCP 2025 AUCP Annual Report]() — adult-use cannabis program FY2025 expenditures $4,195,085.11 (incl. $3,402,200.39 personnel); FY2026 projected $5,192,556. OCP staff serve both the adult-use and medical programs https://www.maine.gov/dafs/ocp/sites/maine.gov.dafs.ocp/files/inline-files/2025%20AUCP%20Annual%20Report.pdf
  65. ↑ [OCP 2025 AUCP Annual Report]() — as of December 2025, OCP had 46 full-time employees (plus one part-time and three vacancies); staff are shared across the adult-use and medical programs https://www.maine.gov/dafs/ocp/sites/maine.gov.dafs.ocp/files/inline-files/2025%20AUCP%20Annual%20Report.pdf
  66. ↑ [OCP 2025 AUCP Annual Report]() — eight required analyte categories: filth/foreign materials; molds/mildews; harmful microbes; THC potency/homogeneity/cannabinoid profiles; water activity; metals (cadmium, lead, arsenic, mercury); residual solvents; pesticides https://www.maine.gov/dafs/ocp/sites/maine.gov.dafs.ocp/files/inline-files/2025%20AUCP%20Annual%20Report.pdf
  67. ↑ [17-A M.R.S. §1103(1-A)]() — '...grows or cultivates 100 or more plants. Violation of this paragraph is a Class C crime'; '...500 or more plants. Violation of this paragraph is a Class B crime.' The crime-class maximums (Class B ≤10 yrs / ≤$20,000) come from the general sentencing statutes [17-A §1252(2)](https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/17-A/title17-Asec1252.html) (imprisonment) and [17-A §1301(1-A)](https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/17-A/title17-Asec1301.html) (fines), not §1103. Personal limit [28-B §1501](https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/28-b/title28-Bsec1501.html) https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/17-A/title17-Asec1103.html
  68. ↑ [17-A M.R.S. §1103(1-A)]() — 'Marijuana in a quantity of more than one pound. Violation of this paragraph is a Class C crime'; '...20 pounds or more... Class B crime.' Class B max = 10 years ([17-A §1252(2)](https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/17-A/title17-Asec1252.html)) / $20,000 ([17-A §1301(1-A)](https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/17-A/title17-Asec1301.html)) https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/17-A/title17-Asec1103.html
  69. ↑ [17-A M.R.S. §1107-A(1)(F)]() and [§1103(1-A)(E)](https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/17-A/title17-Asec1103.html) — possession or trafficking of MORE THAN one pound (453.59 g) of marijuana is a Class C crime (felony). The threshold is exceeding 1 lb; 453.59 g is the 1-lb boundary. Cultivation felony triggers at 100 plants https://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/statutes/17-a/title17-asec1107-A.html
  70. ↑ [17-A M.R.S. §1103 / §1107-A]() — the >1 lb felony threshold applies to possession and to trafficking/furnishing; cultivation has a separate 100-plant felony trigger. Coded 'any.' https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/17-A/title17-Asec1103.html
  71. ↑ [17-A M.R.S. §1107-A(1)(F)]() — 'over 2 1/2 ounces to 8 ounces... a Class E crime'; 'over 8 ounces to 16 ounces... a Class D crime'; 'over one pound to 20 pounds... a Class C crime'; 'over 20 pounds... a Class B crime.' https://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/statutes/17-a/title17-asec1107-A.html
  72. ↑ [28-B M.R.S. §1501(2)]() — public consumption is a civil violation with a fine of not more than $100 https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/28-b/title28-Bsec1501.html
  73. ↑ No per se THC limit and no zero-tolerance THC rule for adults; cannabis OUI is impairment-based. [29-A M.R.S. §2411]() sets a 0.08 alcohol limit but no THC concentration; [Maine OUI Guide](https://www.maine.gov/dps/sites/maine.gov.dps/files/inline-files/MaineOUIGuideJuly2022.pdf) https://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/statutes/29-A/title29-Asec2411.html
  74. ↑ No cannabis criminal penalty has been increased since 2016/2017 legalization; the underlying 17-A weight tiers predate it and reform efforts sought lower (not higher) exposure. [28-B M.R.S.](); [17-A §1103](https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/17-A/title17-Asec1103.html) https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/28-b/title28-B.pdf
  75. ↑ Lighter. 2016 legalization created the legal 2.5 oz / 6-plant carve-out and 2024 LD 2236 added record-sealing for pre-2017 convictions; no penalty was increased. [15 M.R.S. §2261](); [28-B M.R.S.](https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/28-b/title28-B.pdf) https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/15/title15sec2261.html
  76. ↑ [28-B M.R.S.]() (legalization carve-out); [17-A M.R.S. §1103](https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/17-A/title17-Asec1103.html) (unchanged weight tiers); [15 M.R.S. §2261](https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/15/title15sec2261.html) (2024 LD 2236 sealing) https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/28-b/title28-B.pdf
  77. ↑ [SECONDARY] [NORML — Maine Marijuana Arrests]() compiling FBI UCR/NIBRS — CY2024: 86 possession + 43 sales = 129 total. Underlying primary is the FBI Crime Data Explorer (cde.ucr.cjis.gov); NIBRS counts under-report (not all Maine agencies report timely) https://norml.org/marijuana/library/state-marijuana-arrests/maine-marijuana-arrests
  78. ↑ [SECONDARY] [ACLU, 'A Tale of Two Countries' (2020)]() using 2018 FBI UCR data — Black Mainers ~4x more likely than white to be arrested for marijuana possession; disparity increased 2010→2018. Approximate; underlying data FBI UCR https://www.aclu.org/sites/default/files/field_document/tale_of_two_countries_racially_targeted_arrests_in_the_era_of_marijuana_reform_revised_7.1.20_0.pdf
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