On November 30, 2022, the Office of Cannabis Policy ("OCP") confirmed that it will no longer enforce Maine's residency requirement in the medical program. As you may recall from my previous blog post, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in Northeast Patient Group et al. v Kirsten Figuero et al., affirmed a lower courts decision that the Dormant Commerce Clause applies to the cannabis industry; as such, Maine's Residency Requirement for its Medical Cannabis Program violates the Commerce Clause of the U.S Constitution. 

This decision is consistent with the OCP's decision not to enforce the residency requirement under the Adult Use cannabis program. 

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