The Maine Medical Use of Cannabis Program (MMCP) was established within the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) in 2010, with the first of Maine’s medical cannabis dispensaries opening in 2011. The Office of Cannabis Policy (OCP) later took on regulation of the MMCP upon its establishment in February 2019.
Today, OCP registers caregivers and medical dispensaries as well as their employees. These registrants are responsible for providing access to medical cannabis and medical cannabis products for qualifying patients statewide as well as visiting qualifying patients from other states. Please note that while some medical caregivers and dispensaries voluntarily test their medical cannabis products, medical cannabis in Maine is not currently subject to mandatory contaminant testing or statewide inventory tracking.
Current and prospective registrants, as well as other medical cannabis stakeholders, can use the links below to access information and resources about the program.
Visiting Patients
Certification Process
Other helpful resources for medical cannabis program participants and stakeholders include: