CUMBERLAND FARMS is pushing a 2020 ballot question that would create a new beer and wine liquor license for food retailers, an initiative that could also have an impact on the number of marijuana stores opening up across the state. Under the existing cannabis law, communities must allow a minimum number of marijuana retail stores. […]
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Judge allows Baker vaping ban to continue
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE IN A RULING critical of how Gov. Charlie Baker went about banning the sale of all vaping products for four months, a Superior Court judge on Monday allowed the administration’s full ban to stay in effect, but only until next week unless changes are made. The ruling left the governor’s ban […]
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Pot store’s flower cupboard is bare
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE MARIJUANA STORE closest to Boston is out of marijuana flower for non-medical customers while it waits to get test results back from labs that must approve all marijuana before it’s sold in Massachusetts. New England Treatment Access, which has locations in Brookline and Northampton, listed four strains of marijuana on […]
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Lawsuit: Baker overstepped his authority with vape ban
THREE SHOPS SELLING electric nicotine delivery systems in Massachusetts sued Gov. Charlie Baker and his administration in federal court on Monday, alleging the governor violated the US Constitution by banning all vaping products for four months. The lawsuit alleges Baker overstepped his authority by banning products regulated at the federal level by the US Food […]
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Body cameras will accompany pot deliveries
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE STATE’S CANNABIS CONTROL COMMISSION on Tuesday approved home delivery of marijuana by drivers wearing body cameras and also backed the development of establishments where adults could use marijuana together in a social setting. The commission addressed one of the more controversial parts of the new rules — the requirement that […]
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Baker bans all vaping products for 4 months
GOV. CHARLIE BAKER declared a public health emergency on Tuesday, banning the use of all vaping products in Massachusetts for four months amid uncertainty about what’s causing a mysterious lung illness. Baker’s ban, which will be enforced by the Department of Public Health, came as the number of lung illnesses appears to be growing. More […]
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It’s time to OK marijuana home delivery
MUCH HAS BEEN made in recent weeks about a proposal pending before the Cannabis Control Commission that would allow the home delivery of marijuana in Massachusetts. If you feel hesitant about the concept, you are not alone. Among the 54 percent of voters who voted in favor of legalization in 2016, there’s a subset who could […]
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Six pot licenses suspended amid drug charges
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE STATE CANNABIS REGULATORS halted all business of a licensee that has locations in Sheffield and Attleboro as they investigate an owner who “allegedly conspired to evade Commonwealth licensing and drug laws, thereby posing an imminent danger to public health, safety, and welfare.” The Cannabis Control Commission froze all medical and adult-use […]
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Fall River mayor accused of shaking down pot firms
US ATTORNEY ANDREW LELLING on Friday accused Fall River Mayor Jasiel Correia II of running the city as a “pay-to-play institution,” using the leverage provided by the state’s marijuana law to shake down marijuana vendors for hundreds of thousands of dollars in return for approvals they needed to advance their projects. Correia was already facing […]
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Mintz Levin, ML Strategies steer clear of pot clients
THE POWERHOUSE LOBBYING FIRM ML Strategies and its corporate parent, the law firm of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, are not pursuing clients in the recreational marijuana business while the legal status of pot remains murky. While other law and lobbying firms have plunged head-first into the marijuana arena, Mintz Levin and ML […]