MARIJUANA COMPANY officials have long complained about the excessive fees imposed by communities statewide. Now, one marijuana-friendly city is going in the opposite direction. Northampton recently decided to waive the […]
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Marijuana trade association drops delivery lawsuit amid public pressureÂ
FACING INTENSE PUBLIC PRESSURE from its members, the Commonwealth Dispensary Association on Monday withdrew its lawsuit seeking to overturn the state’s new marijuana home delivery regulations. The trade association representing major […]
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Marijuana companies withdraw from trade association over delivery lawsuit
SEVERAL LARGE cannabis companies have withdrawn their membership from the Commonwealth Dispensary Association due to a lawsuit the trade association filed opposing the state’s new marijuana delivery regulations. The companies […]
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SJC takes up local control of marijuana licensing
OFFICIALLY, THE STATE licenses marijuana businesses. Practically, local municipalities are the gatekeepers. The requirement that cities and towns negotiate host community agreements with marijuana establishments has led to alleged outright […]
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Marijuana retailers sue over home delivery rulesÂ
A COALITION OF marijuana dispensaries has made good on the threat to sue state regulators over new regulations governing home delivery of marijuana, in a case that is illustrating the […]
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How to diversify the medical marijuana industry
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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Cannabis regulators approve home deliveryÂ
THE CANNABIS CONTROL COMMISSION on Monday approved new regulations that should, within months, let recreational marijuana consumers in Massachusetts get legal marijuana delivered to their home.  The final decision to license […]
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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 regulators agree to license home delivery
DESPITE CONCERNS BY marijuana shops, municipal officials, and some lawmakers, Massachusetts marijuana regulators voted Tuesday to go ahead with licensing marijuana delivery companies. But the Cannabis Control Commission did make […]
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Municipal leaders oppose new marijuana delivery licensesÂ
PROPOSED NEW STATE REGULATIONS that would authorize marijuana delivery companies to sell directly to consumers were already drawing fire from marijuana retail stores worried that they will lose business to the […]
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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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Proposed Roxbury pot shop stirs debateÂ
WHEN IT COMES to the debate over marijuana legalization in Massachusetts, the horse has left the barn. Voters legalized recreational marijuana sales via a 2016 statewide ballot question, and pot […]
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Marijuana regulators approve major shift in delivery model
THE CANNABIS CONTROL COMMISSION agreed to a major change in how marijuana delivery companies can operate, in response to an outcry from potential entrepreneurs who said the model initially envisioned […]
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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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What will happen to 620,000 quarantined marijuana vapes?Â
WHAT DOES ONE do with 620,000 quarantined marijuana vapes? The answer, according to the state Cannabis Control Commission, is retest and resell them; use the material in another product; or destroy them. That […]
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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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Marijuana companies hid illegal pesticide use
THE STATE Cannabis Control Commission on Thursday unanimously approved hefty fines against two marijuana companies for illegally using pesticides on their products, then trying to hide it. Garden Remedies […]
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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 […]