“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 […]
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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 — […]
Here’s where marijuana tax revenue has gone in Massachusetts
As fiscal 2020 drew to a close in June, Massachusetts marked a milestone: $122 million in tax revenue had been collected in the first two fiscal years of recreational cannabis sales. Where has that money gone? According to a Business Journal analysis of state data, the money has supported a variety of state and local […]
Marijuana vending machines coming to Massachusetts
A new kind of vending machine is coming to Massachusetts — a self-checkout kiosk for cannabis dispensaries. Boston-based anna, which also has a presence in Colorado, announced this week that it would deploy its self-checkout products in two Colorado dispensaries this week. The company is expected to launch in Massachusetts in September, deploying 14 units […]
Massachusetts marijuana regulators asked to revisit recreational delivery, telehealth
The legal market is still taking shape nearly four years since voters legalized marijuana in Massachusetts, and rules around home delivery of cannabis and access options for medical patients were at the center of the latest round of push-and-pull on Monday between the industry, medical patients and regulators. Aspiring entrepreneurs, medical marijuana patients and caregivers […]
Maine’s Residency Requirement Waiver in Light of New England’s Licensing Regulations
When states decide to legalize cannabis in some way, they must consider whether only state residents will be allowed to obtain cannabis business licenses. In 2016, Massachusetts and Maine became the first two New England states to legalize adult use cannabis. While adult use is legal in Vermont, the state has yet to pass legislation […]
The Resilience of the Massachusetts Adult-Use Marijuana Market
Now in July 2020, two months into the reopening of the Massachusetts adult use marijuana industry, it is time to take a step back and look at the numbers. The second adult use retail store in Boston opened this past Monday, adding to the 16 others that have opened throughout the Commonwealth since the state’s […]
