Category: Massachusetts Cannabis Business News

About a month after opening Worcester’s first economic empowerment cannabis shop, Ross Bradshaw of New Dia announced that he’s planning to open a second location just steps away from one of Boston’s most iconic landmarks.Bradshaw said he’s been quietly working on lining up a Boston location for about two years…. Read more

A worker collects hemp flowers for processing at Hempire State Growers farm in Milton, New York. Photo: Paul Frangipane/Bloomberg via Getty Images Money is about to grow on plants in New York. With the legalization last week of recreational marijuana for people over 21, lawmakers and industry experts predict that… Read more

BOSTON — It’s been five years since recreational marijuana became legal in Massachusetts. In that time, the Cannabis Control Commission has granted 249 final licenses and 122 marijuana retailers have opened in the state.Since November 2018 sales have grossed $1.45 billion, generating more than $90 million in sales tax alone… Read more

A bill to decriminalize marijuana possession in Texas—as well as a separate proposal to reduce penalties for possessing cannabis concentrates—advanced out of a key House committee on Friday. These are the latest developments that have come after a week where Texas lawmakers have considered a medley of marijuana reform measures…. Read more

Green Meadows Farm Appoints Benjamin Bourque EVP of Cannabis ProductionToday Green Meadows Farm (Green Meadows), a cannabis company recently launched by the Patton family based in Southbridge, Mass., announced the appointment of Benjamin Bourque as executive vice president of cannabis production. In this role, Bourque will lead a team of… Read more

Can your landlords evict you for smoking cannabis on their property? In Massachusetts, landlords do have the right to evict you if you “smoke” but they do not have permission to evict you for possessing or consuming it. But that doesn’t mean that some landlords aren’t trying.Some landlords in MA… Read more

Big Tobacco has been planning for this moment for decades.A 1983 industry list titled New Product Ideas, made public as part of a court settlement, reveals that tobacco companies even then were anticipating the opportunity to blend marijuana into cigarettes if the government legalized cannabis. Now tobacco behemoths are pouring… Read more

On March 31, New York state legalized recreational marijuana use — an effort years in the making — while setting regulations for a new industry and its taxation. Spanning 128 pages, the Marihuana Regulation and Taxation Act addresses everything from enforcement and criminal justice reform to how taxes will be… Read more

HAVERHILL, MASS. (WHDH) – A Haverhill marijuana store is suing its host city over steep “community impact” fees that are imposed on local cannabis companies. In a lawsuit filed by Stem in Essex Superior Court, the store argues that Haverhill officials have failed to explain how the fees are related… Read more

Haverhill marijuana store Stem has sued its host city over “community impact” fees imposed on local cannabis companies, arguing officials have failed to explain how the steep payments are related to any negative effects caused by the presence of pot shops.If Stem is successful, the case would upend the controversial… Read more

FRAMINGHAM, Mass., April 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — One of the longest tenured cannabis businesses in Massachusetts, MCR Labs is hosting a virtual event on April 22 entitled "The Evolving Cannabis Industry" as part of National Cannabis Awareness Month. The event will feature presentations looking back at advances in cannabis science and… Read more

The Company Provided an Operations Update About the Increased Sales Growth at its Flagship Massachusetts Cannabis CenterBOSTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / April 7, 2021 / AmeriCann, Inc. (OTCQB:ACAN), a cannabis company that develops state-of-the-art cultivation, product manufacturing and distribution facilities, provided financial and operational updates for its flagship project, the… Read more

MN House vote on marijuana next month; Another ND legalization push dead; HI wants DEA exemption; Rappers push Biden for cannabis clemency Subscribe to receive Marijuana Moment’s newsletter in your inbox every weekday morning. It’s the best way to make sure you know which cannabis stories are shaping the day. Your… Read more

(FILE via Shutterstock) JONATHAN L. WHARTON With the sudden vote in New York legalizing recreational marijuana, Connecticut is once again in the middle of a tri-state area competition over if, when and how we will allow it in our state. Geographically, politically and financially, Massachusetts has led in recreational marijuana… Read more

The Company Provided an Operations Update About the Increased Sales Growth at its Flagship Massachusetts Cannabis Center BOSTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / April 7, 2021 / AmeriCann, Inc. (OTCQB:ACAN), a cannabis company that develops state-of-the-art cultivation, product manufacturing and distribution facilities, provided financial and operational updates for its flagship project,… Read more