Franklin County commissioners to consider allowing marijuana establishments in unorganized territory

SUN JOURNAL • May 17, 2021

Franklin County commissioners will consider Tuesday opting in to the state marijuana program to allow residents in the unorganized territory to grow adult-use cannabis if they get a license from the state. Marijuana-related establishments may only be developed in a township if the “county commissioners of the county in which the township is located have voted to allow some or all types of marijuana establishments within the township,” according to Maine law. In addition, adult use marijuana and medical marijuana for unorganized territories are zoned, permitted, and licensed for land use by the Maine Land Use Planning Commission.