Maine Legislature to Address Vaping Devices and THC

As readers may have seen, a list of the bills that the Maine Legislature may be discussing this winter has been released. I’m going to focus on the bills related to vaping for this post, since there are a lot of them. These bills are obviously a response to a string of vaping-related illnesses and deaths around the country in recent months, including several in Maine. It’s been reported that many of the victims were using vape pens, etc., loaded with THC rather than nicotine and, although it is not clear that contaminated THC rather than thickeners or other additives are causing these illnesses, the Maine Legislature has responded to these reports. These are some relevant bills offered by our legislators:

LR: 2763
Sponsor: Representative Cooper of Yarmouth
Title: An Act To Prohibit the Sale of Vaping Devices and Similar Electronic Smoking Devices 

LR: 2765
Sponsor: Senator Millett of Cumberland
Title: An Act To Enact Restrictions on Electronic Smoking Devices 

LR: 2837
Sponsor: Representative Hutchins of Penobscot
Title: An Act To Prohibit the Addition of Tetrahydrocannabinol and of Cannabidiol to Liquids Used in Vaping Devices 

LR: 2969
Sponsor: Senator Dow of Lincoln
Title: An Act To Ban Persons under 21 Years of Age from Purchasing, Possessing or Using Vaping Products 

LR: 2682
Sponsor: Representative Cooper of Yarmouth
Title: Resolve, Directing the Department of Health and Human Services To Study the Average Potency of Medical Marijuana and Illegal Marijuana, the Adverse Health Effects of Marijuana Use and the Adverse Physical Effect of Using Vaping Devices To Inhale Marijuana