Massachusetts Cannabis News

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.

The latest round of medical cannabis reforms in Massachusetts has done away with the $50 annual patient registration fee.

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.

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.

Because of Massachusetts’ host community rules and a general lack of funds, social equity applicants in the state are unable to compete fairly with larger, better-funded cannabis firms, according to Cannabis Control Commission Chairman Steven Hoffman.

The city council in Springfield, Massachusetts has launched an investigation into a $200,000 donation made by a cannabis company to determine if the payment could be a bribe.

Cannabis regulators in Massachusetts will soon require extra ingredient details on cannabis vape cartridges, extracts, and concentrates amid the breakout of a deadly, vape-linked pulmonary illness.

Jasiel Correia, the mayor of Fall River, Massachusetts, was arrested this morning and charged with extorting state-licensed cannabis companies.

Massachusetts regulators issued a $50,000 fine to Plymouth-based M3 Ventures for improper pesticide use.

Massachusetts has awarded the first provisional license under the state’s social equity licensing rules to Pure Oasis, a Boston-based dispensary; the owners say they will hire locally and hope to establish a business incubator.

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.