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Cannabis Control Commission doubles down on hazardous dust after worker death

The state agency released a bulletin Wednesday advising cultivators to expand protections inside growing facilities. Nearly three years after a worker died from marijuana dust at a cannabis production facility in Holyoke, the Cannabis Control Commission issued a bulletin requiring cultivators keep…

Cannabis Control Commission acting chair will take medical leave, adding to uncertainty at the agency

Ava Callender Concepion will take at least a month off per medical advice, leaving the commission to find an acting chair for the second time in the past year. Cannabis Control Commission acting chair Ava Callender Concepcion, who is pregnant,…

State treasurer racks up big legal bills in effort to remove cannabis chair

Massachusetts' state treasurer has paid a private law firm hundreds of thousands of dollars as part of her months-long effort to suspend and potentially remove the chair of the state's embattled Cannabis Control Commission, public records show. According to state payroll…

Embattled Cannabis Commission proposes overhauling itself

The move to establish a new governance structure follows months of turmoil at the agency, including calls for it to be taken over by a state receiver After two years of closed-door meetings and nearly $160,000, the Cannabis Control Commission…

Massachusetts Cannabis Commission ‘in crisis,’ chair says

Chairwoman Shannon O’Brien announces executive director’s departure plans The chairwoman of the Cannabis Control Commission took commissioners by surprise Friday when she announced in the middle of a regulatory discussion that Executive Director Shawn Collins is planning to leave the…

Coronavirus: Medical marijuana dispensaries are called essential in Mass., but recreational pot shops must close under governor’s order

Starting tomorrow, only licensed medical marijuana retailers are allowed to sell cannabis products in Massachusetts for the next few weeks during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Baker on Monday morning asked residents to stay at home as the respiratory illness continues…

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…