Marijuana Business Magazine May-June 2019

May-June 2019 | mjbizdaily.com 31 Maine The state hired Scott Lever, who was appointed deputy commissioner of Health Services last August, to oversee its recreational cannabis program. In his previous position, Lever was in charge of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, which once oversaw the state medical marijuana program. In 2017, he testified against a recreational marijuana bill before the legislative committee tasked with overhauling Maine’s 2016 legalization referendum. Maryland State regulators plan to issue additional medical marijuana cultivation and processing licenses. CurioWellness dropped a lawsuit to block the state from awarding new cannabis cultivation licenses after impassioned public criticism related to the suit, although Curio CEO Michael Bronfein said the medical marijuana company stands by the merits of its action.