Massachusetts marijuana dispensary says 8 month lag in decision by state regulators cost company $1.2 million
Marijuana Industry NewsMassachusetts September 21, 2020 0
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... Read more
Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission makes major change to delivery licenses, targeted at improving social equity
Marijuana Industry NewsMassachusettsRecreational Marijuana September 1, 2020 0
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... Read more
This Mass. city has more cannabis licenses than any other in the state
Marijuana Industry NewsMassachusetts August 20, 2020 0
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 —... Read more
Here’s where marijuana tax revenue has gone in Massachusetts
Marijuana Industry NewsMassachusettsRecreational Marijuana August 19, 2020 0
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... Read more
Marijuana vending machines coming to Massachusetts
Marijuana Industry NewsMassachusettsRecreational Marijuana August 13, 2020 0
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... Read more
Massachusetts marijuana regulators asked to revisit recreational delivery, telehealth
Marijuana Industry NewsMassachusettsMedical MarijuanaRecreational Marijuana August 4, 2020 0
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... Read more
Marijuana business applicants, advocates call out for more equity in Massachusetts cannabis industry
Marijuana Industry NewsMassachusettsRecreational Marijuana July 17, 2020 0
Laury Lucien, a co-owner of the marijuana retail business Major Bloom in Worcester, said equity applicants that are trying to open a cannabis company in Massachusetts are fighting a unicorn. And that unicorn, Lucien said, is stigma rooted in ignorance and racism. Lucien pointed back to the 1970 Controlled Substances... Read more
