Five years later, legal marijuana remains unfinished business in Massachusetts November 8, 2021 AggregatedNews Massachusetts 0 Comments Legalization has kept its basic promises, but festering glitches mean the state is no model On Nov. 8, 2016, Massachusetts voters legalized marijuana, closing a door on more than a century of prohibition and opening one to an uncertain new… Read More→
Massachusetts cannabis delivery companies are seeing demand, but say one issue is getting in the way of profitability October 31, 2021 AggregatedNews Distribution 0 Comments For Christopher Fevry, the CEO and co-founder of cannabis delivery company Your Green Package, October has brought a milestone of crossing 2,500 deliveries. After starting delivery with NETA over the summer, Your Green Package is also working with Garden Remedies… Read More→
Marijuana home delivery services launch in Massachusetts July 18, 2021 AggregatedNews Massachusetts 0 Comments At least two companies began operations this week. BOSTON (AP) — Home-delivered marijuana has arrived in Massachusetts. At least two companies announced this week they have launched operations. Lantern, a sister company of the popular alcohol delivery service Drizly, says… 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→
This Mass. city has more cannabis licenses than any other in the state August 20, 2020 AggregatedNews Massachusetts 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Maine’s Residency Requirement Waiver in Light of New England’s Licensing Regulations July 28, 2020 Brendon Stern Maine, Massachusetts 0 Comments 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… Read More→
The Resilience of the Massachusetts Adult-Use Marijuana Market July 22, 2020 Jacques Santucci CBE Week, Marketing, Massachusetts, Op-Ed, Opinions, Resources, Retail 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Massachusetts Pot Shops Reopen; Customers Line Up For Curbside Marijuana Pickup May 25, 2020 AggregatedNews Massachusetts 0 Comments Long lines formed outside some Massachusetts pot shops Monday as recreational marijuana retailers were allowed to reopen for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic forced them to close in March. Customers can now order in advance and pick up… Read More→
Six MA patients with lung illness linked to regulated marijuana vapes, state says December 7, 2019 AggregatedNews Vaping Crisis 0 Comments Six Massachusetts patients with probable — but not confirmed — cases of vaping-related lung illnesses reported using regulated products from state-licensed marijuana companies, state health officials revealed Thursday night. The patients represent a small fraction of the 90 probable and… Read More→
Massachusetts regulators quarantine medical vape products as ban expires November 15, 2019 AggregatedNews Vaping Crisis 0 Comments The state's Cannabis Control Commission has quarantined medical marijuana vaping products as the state agency said it will seek to test the substances. The commission had indicated last week that it could order retail shops and dispensaries to quarantine products… Read More→
First vaping-related death reported in Mass. October 8, 2019 AggregatedNews Massachusetts 0 Comments Massachusetts health officials on Monday revealed that a woman in her 60s from Hampshire County was the state’s first known vaping-related death, the latest victim in a nationwide outbreak of potentially fatal lung ailments apparently caused by the smoking products.… Read More→
Banking Evolution October 15, 2018 Jacques Santucci Banking, Finance & Real Estate 0 Comments The cannabis industry is evolving rapidly and so should your perception of banking. I recently attended the Second Annual State of the Cannabis Industry Conference, in Massachusetts. The event was organized by the cannabis law practice of Burns & Levinson… Read More→
How High Are Recreational Marijuana Taxes in Your State? April 27, 2018 AggregatedNews Banking, Finance & Real Estate 0 Comments As public opinion increasingly favors the legalization of recreational marijuana, a growing number of states must determine how to tax legal sales of cannabis. To date, nine states (Alaska, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington) and the District… Read More→
Massachusetts Begins Erecting Marijuana Regulatory Structure August 2, 2017 AggregatedNews Compliance and Regulations, Massachusetts, Policy & Legal 0 Comments BOSTON — The panel that will study and make recommendations on regulating marijuana in Massachusetts — the first piece of a growing regulatory structure — is on track to be finalized by the end of the week when the governor… Read More→
Five States Will Vote to Legalize Marijuana This Fall October 11, 2016 AggregatedNews Arizona, California, Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada, Policy & Legal 0 Comments Recreational marijuana users can now legally light up a joint in states representing about 5 percent of the U.S. population. By the time Americans wake up on November 9, that percentage could be swelling to more than one-quarter. Measures to… Read More→