Massachusetts pot shops are a billion-dollar market, but cannabis industry still faces hurdles November 2, 2021 AggregatedNews Massachusetts 0 Comments While recreational marijuana sales have soared in 2021 as Massachusetts emerges from the pandemic, business complications and governmental actions have slowed the pace of the industry's growth, cannabis advocates say. Massachusetts legalized marijuana in 2016, becoming the seventh state to do… Read More→
Massachusetts recreational cannabis sales surpass $2 billion less than 3 years after first adult-use retailers opened September 2, 2021 AggregatedNews Massachusetts 0 Comments In fewer than three years since recreational cannabis dispensaries opened in Massachusetts, gross sales have surpassed $2 billion, regulators announced Wednesday. At the close of business Tuesday, the state’s mandatory seed-to-sale tracking system showed that sales had reached $2,009,007,478, according to the… Read More→
Massachusetts sets marijuana sales records around 4/20 holiday May 5, 2021 AggregatedNews Massachusetts 0 Comments After a slow start, the Massachusetts marijuana industry is starting to pick up momentum. Recreational cannabis stores in the state have now sold more than $1.5 billion of pot products since their debut in November 2018, according to new data… Read More→
Mass. cannabis commission launching online catalog of marijuana products April 13, 2021 AggregatedNews Massachusetts 0 Comments Websites all over the internet offer information about the many strains and variations of marijuana and marijuana products — both legal and illicit. Now the Cannabis Control Commission is launching its own online catalog of the myriad marijuana products available… Read More→
Massachusetts marijuana has to be ultra-sterile. Just one problem: It’s a plant February 26, 2021 AggregatedNews Massachusetts 0 Comments At Holistic Health Group’s farm in Middleborough, dozens of vacuum-sealed bags full of marijuana flower — worth hundreds of thousands of dollars at retail — have been sitting in a secure vault for months, stuck in limbo. The problem? The… Read More→
Cannabis in the New Year: Old Challenges Meet New Opportunities January 25, 2021 Jacques Santucci Best Practices, Cannabis & Hemp Research, Opinions, Policy & Legal 0 Comments Despite a global pandemic that uprooted businesses around the world, the U.S. cannabis market showed no signs of slowing down in 2020, as we had predicted a year ago. Through lockdowns and mask mandates, the industry innovated how consumers purchase… Read More→
Marijuana retailers file suit to void delivery rules in Massachusetts January 21, 2021 AggregatedNews Massachusetts 0 Comments Making good on a warning issued months ago, the organization that represents most of the state’s marijuana retailers is suing the Cannabis Control Commission to invalidate the new regulations that create a separate category of businesses allowed to deliver non-medical… Read More→
Massachusetts approves new marijuana delivery rules, as dispensaries threaten lawsuit December 1, 2020 AggregatedNews Massachusetts 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Massachusetts marijuana retailers ready to sue over delivery rules November 25, 2020 AggregatedNews Massachusetts 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Massachusetts marijuana stores prepare for ‘Green Wednesday,’ start of gift-buying season for cannabis enthusiasts November 16, 2020 AggregatedNews Massachusetts 0 Comments 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… Read More→
A look back at four years of recreational marijuana in Massachusetts October 24, 2020 AggregatedNews Massachusetts 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Marijuana delivery plan for Massachusetts goes too far, lawmakers say October 20, 2020 AggregatedNews Massachusetts 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission makes major change to delivery licenses, targeted at improving social equity September 1, 2020 AggregatedNews Massachusetts 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Here’s where marijuana tax revenue has gone in Massachusetts August 19, 2020 AggregatedNews Massachusetts 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Marijuana vending machines coming to Massachusetts August 13, 2020 AggregatedNews Massachusetts, On the Move 0 Comments 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… Read More→