MASSACHUSETTS MARIJUANA regulators have done yeoman’s work to diversify the cannabis industry, taking numerous steps to ensure that small and minority-owned businesses have an opportunity to enter the legal marijuana […]
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What’s holding up marijuana home delivery?
It will probably be summer before Massachusetts residents can start getting marijuana legally delivered to their home, warned Devin Alexander, vice president of the Massachusetts Cannabis Association for Delivery. First, […]
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What’s holding up marijuana home delivery?
IT WILL PROBABLY BE summer before Massachusetts residents can start getting marijuana legally delivered to their home, warned Devin Alexander, vice president of the Massachusetts Cannabis Association for Delivery. First, […]
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Black market may be marijuana legalization’s biggest challenge
First of two parts. Read the second part here. STATE-LICENSED MARIJUANA stores began opening across Massachusetts two years ago, but it is difficult to say whether legalization has been a […]
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Mass. hemp farmers view amendment as lifesaver
MASSACHUSETTS HEMP FARMERS are lobbying for a seemingly simple change in state policy that would vastly expand the market for their product. But the change – which would let hemp […]
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SJC: Insurers don’t have to cover medical marijuana
MASSACHUSETTS INSURERS cannot be required to cover medical marijuana expenses, the Supreme Judicial Court ruled Tuesday. The SJC upheld the ruling of a Department of Industrial Accidents’ board, which found […]
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Marijuana delivery regs stir concerns on competition
WITH SOME MARIJUANA retailers worried that newly licensed delivery companies will undermine their sales, Cannabis Control Commission Chair Steven Hoffman’s response is: That’s capitalism. “This is the way every market […]
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Cannabis sales are benefitting our communities
AS THE TRADITIONAL July 1 deadline for Massachusetts to finalize its annual budget passed without action, we continue to wonder when we will see a reversal of the significant economic […]
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Should medical marijuana retailers have to grow their own pot?
MASSACHUSETTS MARIJUANA regulators are soliciting public opinion about eliminating one of the costliest rules affecting the medical marijuana market, the requirement that medical retailers grow their own marijuana. But the […]
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Marijuana delivery model seen as unworkable
DEVIN ALEXANDER, 26, is the type of entrepreneur state regulators have said they hope will be able to get into the state’s new marijuana home delivery industry. A black man […]
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Cannabis Control Commission: Regulators, activists, or both?
AT A RECENT VIRTUAL RALLY highlighting the need for more opportunities for black, Latino and other minority groups in the cannabis industry, two of the speakers were members of the […]
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Drive-up marijuana sales start Monday
DRIVE UP IN YOUR CAR, pay for your marijuana, take the bag, and leave. A global pandemic has moved Massachusetts’ legal marijuana industry into what had previously been the domain […]
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Judge upholds Baker decision on marijuana
SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE Kenneth Salinger ruled on Thursday that Gov. Charlie Baker’s decision to close recreational marijuana stores as non-essential was constitutional, and not subject to second-guessing by him. But […]
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Weld parts with Baker on pot sales
MASSACHUSETTS RECENTLY concluded that while adult-use cannabis dispensaries should be closed during the COVID-19 pandemic, medical cannabis dispensaries can stay open. There are a number of reasons, some relating to public […]
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Baker to pot firms: I’m focusing on surge
GOV. CHARLIE BAKER on Wednesday fended off questions about his decision to declare recreational marijuana businesses non-essential by saying he’s focused on the expected surge in COVID-19 cases and the […]
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Baker’s reasoning on marijuana is incomprehensible
I AM TRYING, like everyone else affected by Gov. Charlie Baker’s shutdown of adult-use cannabis sales, to understand his reasoning. As a cannabis grower with two dispensaries and 90 employees, […]
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Should state finance marijuana businesses?
As fantastical as the idea sounds, a bill that would establish a state-backed loan fund to help marijuana businesses was reported favorably out of a legislative policy committee this week. […]
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Should state finance marijuana businesses?
AS FANTASTICAL as the idea sounds, a bill that would establish a state-backed loan fund to help marijuana businesses was reported favorably out of a legislative policy committee this week. […]
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House revises marijuana law
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE STATE MARIJUANA REGULATORS would be empowered to “review, regulate, and enforce” the legally-required contracts between marijuana businesses and their host communities under legislation adopted by the […]
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Bill would help vets get medical pot
AMID NEW RESEARCH on how veterans are using cannabis to treat pain and post-traumatic stress disorder, a Republican representative from Bellingham is pushing legislation that would make it easier for […]
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Priority-status pot entrepreneurs feeling frustrated
MARCUS WILLIAMS is a black man who grew up and is raising his family in Dorchester. He is passionate about the genetics of cannabis and wants to grow, manufacture, and […]
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Cumberland Farms proposal has marijuana side-effects
CUMBERLAND FARMS is pushing a 2020 ballot question that would create a new beer and wine liquor license for food retailers, an initiative that could also have an impact on […]
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Baker mystified by response to vaping ban
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE WITH HIS TEMPORARY BAN on vaping product sales set to end next week when public health officials adopt a new set of vaping rules, Gov. Charlie […]
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Pot store’s flower cupboard is bare
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE MARIJUANA STORE closest to Boston is out of marijuana flower for non-medical customers while it waits to get test results back from labs that must […]