Massachusetts Allows Telehealth Medical Cannabis Recommendations
Mon / Apr 6th
Prospective cannabis patients in Massachusetts can now use telehealth services to acquire a recommendation for the state medical cannabis program from their doctor.
Massachusetts was the first state to restrict cannabis use. Over 100 years later, it was the eighteenth state to legalize medical cannabis. In 2016, Massachusetts also legalized recreational cannabis. Find news updates and information on this developing industry here:
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Mon / Apr 6th
Prospective cannabis patients in Massachusetts can now use telehealth services to acquire a recommendation for the state medical cannabis program from their doctor.
Wed / Apr 1st
Despite pressure from advocates and at least one cannabis regulator, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker said that the reopening of adult-use dispensaries in the state during the coronavirus crisis is a “non-starter.”
Tue / Mar 31st
Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commissioner Shaleen Title has joined advocates in calling for the state to re-open adult-use cannabis dispensaries.
Wed / Mar 25th
Cannabis companies around North America are stepping up to help however they can in the fight against the spreading coronavirus.
Tue / Mar 24th
While many states have chosen to let dispensaries stay open during the coronavirus crisis, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker (R) has announced the shutdown of adult-use sales.
Wed / Mar 11th
Fears of the spreading coronavirus have continued to disrupt travel and event plans, with two more major cannabis events — Spannabis and NECANN Boston — announcing delays.
Mon / Mar 9th
Boston’s first cannabis dispensary licensed for adult-use sales has opened for business.
Wed / Feb 26th
The head of the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission said he plants to cut the wait time for cannabis licenses in half for next year, from an average of 121 days to just 60.
Tue / Feb 25th
The city of Cambridge, Massachusetts is petitioning to block a previous court ruling that would force officials to license non-equity cannabis businesses.
Thu / Feb 13th
Massachusetts cannabis regulators have been given access to sealed documents related to cannabis companies linked to Fall River Mayor Jasiel Correia’s bribery case from last year.
Tue / Feb 4th
Massachusetts’ Curaleaf Holdings Inc. has completed its acquisition of Oregon’s Cura Partners for a bit less than $400 million; the deal includes 53 dispensaries, wholesale business, and the Select brand.
Mon / Dec 23rd
Lawmakers in Massachusetts have proposed the banning of cannabis advertisements from billboards; proponents of the ban say that billboards flout state laws that prohibit the advertising of cannabis to minors.
Mon / Dec 2nd
Green Leaf Health Inc. has reached a “host community agreement” with North Attleboro, Massachusetts. It will be the first cannabis company licensed for adult-use sales in the city.
Mon / Nov 25th
Recent tax figures from Massachusetts’ Department of Revenue suggest that nearly $400 million worth of cannabis products have been distributed to consumers, generating some $61 million in taxes.
Wed / Nov 13th
The Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission has established a quarantine on all cannabis vaporizers except those designed for patients “to exclusively vaporize marijuana flower.”
Thu / Nov 7th
The Massachusetts municipalities of Eastham, Great Barrington, Leicester, Newton, Northampton, and Uxbridge have all been subpoenaed by U.S. Attorney Andrew Lelling over potential cannabis industry bribes.
Thu / Nov 7th
The American International College in Springfield, Massachusetts will offer a certificate program in legal cannabis starting in spring 2020.
Mon / Nov 4th
A group of Massachusetts medical cannabis patients is challenging the Department of Public Health’s right to regulate cannabis vaping products after officials issued a four-month ban in September; patients argue that the regulations should come from the Cannabis Control Commission.
Tue / Oct 29th
Massachusetts’ New England Treatment Access has settled a federal lawsuit filed by lumber firm Boise Cascade Company, who claimed NETA’s logo was “confusingly similar” to their own.
Mon / Oct 28th
In an effort to boost regional cannabis policy collaboration among New England states, Maine has adopted the same cannabis product warning labels as Massachusetts.
Mon / Oct 21st
Four medical cannabis patients in Massachusetts have asked to join a lawsuit challenging the state’s four-month vaporizer ban approved last month by Gov. Charlie Baker.
Thu / Sep 26th
The latest round of medical cannabis reforms in Massachusetts has done away with the $50 annual patient registration fee.
Wed / Sep 25th
Massachusetts regulators voted 4-1 in favor of home delivery and social consumption rules; licenses for the two new business types will be made available first to social equity and economic empowerment applicants.
Wed / Sep 25th
A governor-issued ban in Massachusetts will block the sale of cannabis and nicotine vaporizer products for four months; the ban comes after 61 people in the state have fallen ill with the vape-related pulmonary illness.
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