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Boston to refund millions in marijuana ‘impact’ fees

Boston will refund millions of dollars in “impact” fees it collected from marijuana companies, the first Massachusetts municipality to do so after state lawmakers enacted a measure cracking down on the controversial payments. Officials in Mayor Michelle Wu’s administration notified local cannabis…

Boston Area Residents Stockpile Marijuana In Case Of Coronavirus Quarantine

Some Massachusetts residents are preparing for the coronavirus pandemic by stockpiling supplies — emptying grocery store shelves, stacking up cans of black beans in their cupboards and, apparently, buying a lot of marijuana to make it through a potential extended…

Boston’s first recreational marijuana dispensary will open Monday

Nearly 40 months since Massachusetts voted to legalize marijuana, Boston is getting its first recreational pot shop. Pure Oasis, an adult-use marijuana dispensary located in the Grove Hall neighborhood of Dorchester, announced that it plans to open Monday at 11…

Green tea party? State licenses Boston’s 1st marijuana shop

BOSTON — Boston’s first retail pot shop and Massachusetts’ first minority-owned marijuana business was approved Thursday, more than a year after the first shops opened elsewhere in the state. The state’s Cannabis Control Commission on Thursday voted to give final…

Boston Approves Zoning Regulations For Marijuana Businesses

Recreational marijuana businesses are welcome to set up shop on the main streets of Boston, but cannot cluster near one another, under new rules approved by city zoning officials Wednesday. Approved by the Boston Zoning Commission on an 8-1 vote,…

Voters in Masschusetts May Have to Wait Longer for Legal Marijuana

Secretary of State William F. Galvin said Monday that the results of the Massachusetts marijuana legalization measure passed by voters may not be certified in time for it to go into effect Dec. 15, when the drug is slated to…