Northampton Mayor David Narkewicz and Iraq War veteran Stephen Mandile will be the first people to buy recreational marijuana legally in Massachusetts. The two first marijuana stores to open for recreational sales will be New England Treatment Access in Northampton and Cultivate in Leicester. The Boston Globe first reported that... Read more
Savannah Stuitje, left, and Josh Hirst stand at a counter at New England Treatment Access medical marijuana dispensary, in Northampton, Mass., on Oct. 17.(Photo: Steven Senne, AP) The long wait for recreational marijuana sales to begin in Massachusetts is almost over with the first commercial pot shops set to... Read more
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NORTHAMPTON, MA (WGGB/WSHM) – We are just two days away now until recreational marijuana can legally be sold in Northampton. The business we spoke with Sunday tell Western Mass News they are excited, and this is something that is long overdue. Donavan Bartish is the assistant manager at Shop... Read more
LEICESTER, Mass. — Advertisement Two marijuana stores in Massachusetts were given the green light Friday to begin selling to recreational customers next week, making them the first commercial pot shops in the eastern United States. Both stores, one located in Northampton and the other in Leicester, said they would... Read more
Update: The Cannabis Control Commission on Friday issued certificates to commence business to recreational marijuana retailers Cultivate in Leicester and New England Treatment Access in Northampton. The first sales are expected on Tuesday. After months of waiting, the first legal sale of adult-use, or recreational, cannabis in Massachusetts is... Read more
by JESSICA A. BOTELHO, NBC 10 NEWS Recreational marijuana shops to open in Massachusetts next week The first recreational marijuana shops in Massachusetts will be opening next week, nearly two years after voters authorized legal consumption. At 4:20 Friday afternoon, the state’s Cannabis Control Commission gave the final approval... Read more
Were these states to form their own country, it would be the nineteenth largest country in the world — larger than the United Kingdom and France. This new reality has already made itself felt in federal policy. In 2017, Congress voted to deny the Justice Department funds to enforce... Read more
BOSTON (CBS/AP) — Pot shops will start selling recreational marijuana in Massachusetts on Tuesday. The Cannabis Control Commission announced Friday that retail Cultivate Holdings of Leicester and New England Treatment Access of Northhampton can begin selling recreational marijuana and marijuana products. It will be the nation’s first legal recreational marijuana sales... Read more
Michigan’s recreational marijuana law is expected to take effect by Thursday, Dec. 6, according to state officials. That’s exactly one month after 56 percent of voters said “yes” to Proposal 1, the Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marihuana Act. The reason for the delay is procedural: the law takes effect... Read more
