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Massachusetts regulators quarantine medical vape products as ban expires

The state's Cannabis Control Commission has quarantined medical marijuana vaping products as the state agency said it will seek to test the substances. The commission had indicated last week that it could order retail shops and dispensaries to quarantine products…

First vaping-related death reported in Mass.

Massachusetts health officials on Monday revealed that a woman in her 60s from Hampshire County was the state’s first known vaping-related death, the latest victim in a nationwide outbreak of potentially fatal lung ailments apparently caused by the smoking products.…

Banking Evolution

The cannabis industry is evolving rapidly and so should your perception of banking. I recently attended the Second Annual State of the Cannabis Industry Conference, in Massachusetts. The event was organized by the cannabis law practice of Burns & Levinson…

How High Are Recreational Marijuana Taxes in Your State?

As public opinion increasingly favors the legalization of recreational marijuana, a growing number of states must determine how to tax legal sales of cannabis. To date, nine states (Alaska, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington) and the District…

Massachusetts Begins Erecting Marijuana Regulatory Structure

August 2, 2017
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BOSTON — The panel that will study and make recommendations on regulating marijuana in Massachusetts — the first piece of a growing regulatory structure — is on track to be finalized by the end of the week when the governor…

Five States Will Vote to Legalize Marijuana This Fall

October 11, 2016
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Arizona, California, Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada, Policy & Legal
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Recreational marijuana users can now legally light up a joint in states representing about 5 percent of the U.S. population. By the time Americans wake up on November 9, that percentage could be swelling to more than one-quarter. Measures to…

Marijuana Polls Show Support for Legalization in States Voting This Fall

October 6, 2016
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Arizona, California, Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada
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Marijuana advocates are heading into the final weeks of the 2016 campaign with the wind at their backs as the latest polling shows legalization measures currently favored by voters in all five states where they're on the ballot. This is…

Recreational Marijuana Supporters Flock to Boston Common for Annual Freedom Rally

As Massachusetts voters prepare to decide in November whether to legalize marijuana for recreational use, thousands of people who support use of the drug filled Boston Common on Saturday for an annual gathering featuring music, food, and plenty of smoking.…

Massachusetts Wants to Make It Easier for Patiants to Obtain Medical Marijuana

State regulators moved Wednesday toward making it significantly easier for patients to gain access to medical marijuana, proposing an overhaul of a program hobbled by missteps when it dawned three years ago. The rules would allow nurse practitioners to certify…

One Massachusetts View on Cannabis: “I’m not Sure … We Want to Become Colorado”

Everyone attuned to state politics has heard the same cry for months: The ballot question legalizing marijuana is nearly certain to pass. The politicians leading a fight against it are wasting their breath. Not so fast. A new Suffolk University/Boston…

Boston’s Marijuana Delivery Services That Were Expected to Fade Away Keep on Rolling

One delivery service offers gluten-free marijuana brownies. Another promises a free marijuana-laced lollipop with each order. A third touts trained “caregivers” and delivery until 4 a.m. These marijuana delivery services — the objects of an unsuccessful crackdown by Massachusetts health…

Massachusetts Governor Helping Raise Funds to Block Marijuana Legalization

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker is helping to raise money for a campaign against marijuana legalization. Baker's political committee blasted out an email to supporters on Thursday, featuring the governor asking them to support the ballot committee called the Campaign for…

Could Legal Marijuana Be a Billion Dollar Industry in Massachusetts?

If Massachusetts voters approve an expected ballot measure this fall legalizing the recreational use of marijuana, the state could become home to a $1.1 billion cannabis industry by 2020, according to a report. The research, released last week by the…

Hemp Industry Could Explode in Massachusetts If Ballot Measure Passes

March 8, 2016
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A measure on track for the November statewide ballot would open the doors of the Massachusetts marketplace to legal use of recreational marijuana. But a small section in the proposed ballot measure promoted by the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like…

Massachusetts Lawmakers Are Wary of Legal Marijuana

A scathing Senate report to be released Tuesday says that if residents legalize recreational marijuana in Massachusetts this fall, the state should promptly temper their vote by outlawing home cultivation, imposing a significant tax on the drug, and prohibiting some…