Massachusetts

Massachusetts regulators have warned residents and tourists against bringing cannabis out to sea, and into other federal waterways, despite the plant being legalized in the state.

Massachusetts state officials have banned the sale of most CBD products, including CBD-infused food and beverages, CBD flower, CBD products that make medicinal or therapeutic claims, and any dietary supplements or animal feed containing hemp.

Massachusetts regulators have approved the first sale of a licensed cannabis operator in the state. Under the deal, Sira Naturals will be purchased by Canadian firm Cannabis Strategies Acquisition Corp.

In a 3-2 vote, Massachusetts regulators narrowly approved the creation of regulations for a pilot social-use cannabis program. Currently, Alaska is the only other state with a social-use program.

Massachusetts’ cannabis regulatory body has offered preliminary support for allowing cannabis delivery options in the state. The cannabis agency is also looking at allowing social-use cannabis clubs.

Oregon has the cheapest cannabis of the 10 state-legal marketplaces at an average of $210 per “high-quality” ounce of flower; Massachusetts marks the other end of the spectrum at $341 per “high-quality” ounce.

Mass Alternative Care in Chicopee, Massachusetts is set to receive Hampden County’s first adult-use cannabis business license; the company will sell medical and adult-use cannabis products out of the same building.

A bi-partisan Massachusetts proposal would subject unlicensed cannabis sellers to a “foregone tax revenue assessment,” which would bill illegal operators based on the “estimated forgone tax revenue” resulted from their unregulated sales.

Vireo Health has acquired Massachusetts licensed cannabis company Mayflower Botanicals; it is Vireo’s first acquisition in a state with an adult-use program.

A Massachusetts investigation aims to uncover whether or not two of the state’s large cannabis companies have thwarted state rules regarding the number of licenses that a single company can hold.

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker is pushing a bill that would make the penalty for refusing a roadside drug test the same as refusing a breathalyzer test — despite a lack of accurate standards for testing cannabis impairment.

Massachusetts cannabis regulators are considering a fix to the lack of diversity in the state’s cannabis market and discussed several strategies, including the possibility of interest-free loans.

“Weed is legal in 60 miles,” a billboard in Connecticut will tell you as you approach the Massachusetts border.

Rule changes proposed by a Boston City Councilor include provisions to ease access by minorities and those previously charged with cannabis crimes.

“Host community agreements” between cannabis companies and municipalities exceed state laws limiting the amount allowed to be paid to local governments.

The state’s other seven dispensaries all opened to long in-person lines, a challenge Northeast Alternatives hopes to avoid.

Regulators also recommended allowing home delivery. The recommendations will now be considered by the Cannabis Control Commission.

Massachusetts regulators are attempting to align laws for driving under the influence of cannabis with existing alcohol laws.

A state senator in Massachusetts is aiming to align state labor laws with the fact that cannabis prohibition has been ended.