BANGOR, Maine — Bangor officials are preparing for the potential legalization of recreational marijuana by considering ways they might restrict cannabis sales and use in the city.
When voters hit the polls in November, they’ll decide whether to legalize the recreational use and growing of marijuana in Maine for people 21 and over. If the legalization initiative passes, towns and cities can pass certain restrictions, but can’t ban recreational use or cultivation of marijuana outright, under the initiative’s language.
Among the steps the city could take: Banning marijuana retail businesses, cultivation facilities or social clubs from setting up shop in Bangor; allowing the businesses only in certain industrial zones; or passing an “odor ordinance,” regulating “objectionable odors” such as marijuana, according to Assistant City Solicitor Paul Nicklas.
