So you’ve got priority in getting your marijuana license application reviewed in Massachusetts. But you’ve got a major hurdle ahead of you — getting through the actual application. Applicants who get priority are from communities disproportionately criminalized for marijuana — like people of color. Marijuana use is similar among different groups, but minorities have been punished for it at far […]
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Marijuana is legal in Massachusetts, but the feds are still looking to prosecute cases here in these three areas
US Attorney Andrew Lelling, the top federal prosecutor in Massachusetts, on Tuesday pointed to three marijuana-related areas his office plans to focus on as the state keeps moving into the era of legal pot. The Cannabis Control Commission, the new state agency tasked with overseeing the burgeoning industry, has started issue the licenses needed for […]
MMJ Dispensary In Massachusetts Receives First License To Sell Recreational Cannabis
Massachusetts hit another milestone in its era of legalized marijuana: State regulators granted Cultivate a license to sell recreational marijuana at the company’s existing medical marijuana dispensary in Leicester. The five-member Cannabis Control Commission unanimously voted to grant the retail license to Cultivate Holdings, Inc., which operates the first medical marijuana dispensary in Worcester County. Medical […]
Ruling By AG Maura Healey Could Slow Massachusetts Marijuana Industry
Attorney General Maura Healey is giving cities and towns more power to slow down the recreational marijuana industry, ruling that local officials can unilaterally prohibit cannabis companies for another year without polling residents. The decision, approving an extension of Mansfield’s temporary moratorium on pot shops and other marijuana businesses through June 2019, was released Friday […]
Marijuana milestone as Mass. issues first recreational pot license
The recreational marijuana era is officially underway in Massachusetts. Officials at the Cannabis Control Commission on Thursday afternoon granted the state’s first-ever recreational marijuana license to a cultivation facility in Milford operated by Sira Naturals. The unanimous decision by the agency’s five commissioners is a major milestone in the long process of implementing the state’s […]
First Adult-Use Cannabis License Granted on Eastern Seaboard
PRESS RELEASE Sira Naturals Receives Approval To Produce Cannabis For Adult-Use In Massachusetts MILFORD, Mass. June 21, 2018 – Sira Naturals, One of Massachusetts’ largest registered marijuana dispensary (RMD) group, today announced that it has received approval from the Cannabis Control Commission (CNB) for a Tier 3 Cultivation License. This license, the first granted in […]
Recreational Marijuana Shops In Massachusetts Might Not Be Able To Open By July 1
Prospects for retail pot shops opening for business in Massachusetts by a July 1 target date appear to be dimming. The state’s Cannabis Control Commission met Thursday without issuing the first commercial business licenses under the state’s voter-approved recreational marijuana law. Steven Hoffman, the commission chairman, told reporters that regulators hope to begin issuing licenses […]
The Amended Massachusetts Equal Pay Act
The amended Massachusetts Equal Pay Act (MEPA) goes into effect July 1, 2018. The purpose of the new law is to ensure that all workers in Massachusetts are paid equally for comparable work performed and to provide the opportunity to earn competitive salaries in the workplace. This new law imposes strict equal pay obligations on […]
Will Recreational Marijuana Stores In Massachusetts Help Or Hurt Medical Marijuana Patients?
Mike Crawford, a medical marijuana patient and longtime advocate for marijuana legalization, may not buy much marijuana in recreational shops, since he has a medical card that lets him get the drug tax-free. But he is looking forward to recreational stores opening. “If there’s enough competition, the price will go down,” Crawford predicted. As recreational […]
How Much Will Legal Cannabis Cost Once It Hits The Shops In Massachusetts?
For states that have legalized recreational marijuana, the new authorized markets have carried the promise of increasingly cheap weed. In Colorado, wholesale cannabis prices have dropped roughly 35 percent since their 2015 peak. In Oregon, some pot shops reportedly sell grams of weed for less than a glass of craft beer. Massachusetts residents will likely have to wait awhile […]
