Massachusetts marijuana regulators approved final regulations Monday that pave the way for a new type of business to deliver adult-use cannabis to residents’ homes. But not if the state’s existing marijuana dispensaries have their say on the matter. “This will not be the final word on delivery,” the Commonwealth Dispensary Association said in a statement Monday, indicating […]
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Massachusetts marijuana retailers ready to sue over delivery rules
Commissioners seem ready to close out a bumpy policy-setting process next week with a vote to adopt new regulations that would reshape the legal marijuana industry to include a home delivery aspect, but that decision could give way to a legal challenge in short order. Through an attorney, some existing marijuana retailers recently threatened to […]
Massachusetts marijuana stores prepare for ‘Green Wednesday,’ start of gift-buying season for cannabis enthusiasts
Last year, customers went into Canna Provisions stores with lists, buying marijuana products as holiday gifts for friends and family. “As the whole gift-buying season was rolling out, we definitely saw people come in with their shopping lists. ‘I’m going to get grandma a topical and I’m going to get Uncle Bill a pre-roll,’” recalled Canna Provisions […]
Massachusetts cannabis regulators delay marijuana delivery rules after objections from lawmakers
There will be no vote this week on the Cannabis Control Commission’s latest rewrite of its regulations, including the marijuana delivery framework recently agreed to, after all. The CCC announced Tuesday that the meeting planned for Thursday, at which regulators were to take a final vote on a suite of new regulations, has been postponed […]
A look back at four years of recreational marijuana in Massachusetts
As the four-year anniversary of the legalization of recreational marijuana in Massachusetts nears, the state has made monumental progress in moving an entire industry from the alleyways into the light. As of Oct. 9, a total of 689 licenses have been approved in Massachusetts, which includes 268 retail establishments. In total, the commission has received […]
Massachusetts is moving forward to allow a controversial new type of marijuana delivery business
“This is a giant step forward.” Despite pushback from some lawmakers and local municipalities, Massachusetts marijuana regulators are moving forward with plans to allow a new class of weed delivery business. During a three-hour meeting Tuesday, the state’s Cannabis Control Commission approved some “contentious” changes to its draft regulations, allowing standalone recreational marijuana retailers without […]
Marijuana delivery plan for Massachusetts goes too far, lawmakers say
A handful of lawmakers from both sides of the aisle have asked that Massachusetts marijuana regulators scrap the proposed delivery license that would let operators buy marijuana wholesale from cultivators and manufacturers, store it in a warehouse and deliver it to consumers at home. The Cannabis Control Commission is expected Tuesday morning to consider feedback and hold […]
Massachusetts marijuana dispensary says 8 month lag in decision by state regulators cost company $1.2 million
A cannabis dispensary is suing state regulators over frustrations that the state has not acted on its application for over eight months. In a complaint and preliminary injunction filed in Suffolk Superior Court on Sept. 14, Northeast Alternatives asked the court to compel the Cannabis Control Commission to act on its application for a cultivation […]
Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission makes major change to delivery licenses, targeted at improving social equity
State marijuana regulators have made alterations to the set of regulations that has been under development for months to allow delivery licensees to buy marijuana wholesale from cultivators and manufacturers, a change that one regulator said is key to equity in the newly-legal industry. The way the Cannabis Control Commission had drafted its newest set […]
This Mass. city has more cannabis licenses than any other in the state
Once upon a time, Worcester had been forecast to be the cannabis capital of Massachusetts, as its number of licenses grew. The state’s industry regulators even moved their headquarters from Boston to the state’s second largest city. But now, a different city an hour’s drive west of Worcester — and 90 minutes from Boston — […]
