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14-year-old boy accused of stealing 30 marijuana products from South Boston pot shop, smashing the front door
Related Articles A 14-year-old boy is accused of stealing more than $1,500 in marijuana products from a South Boston pot shop early Monday after he allegedly smashed the store’s front door with a large rock, police said. The juvenile was arrested by Boston Police officers and has been charged in connection with the alleged breaking […]
Pot boss O’Brien apologizes as Massachusetts weed sales hit all-time high
Related Articles Cannabis board boss Shannon O’Brien is apologizing for her recent outburst saying she was too blunt in saying the state’s legal weed rollout was in a “crisis.” It came on the same day the commission announced the Bay State has hit a new one-month high in legal weed sales — $136 million in […]
Massachusetts pot shops closing in Worcester, Framingham, Northampton; a worker had died after packaging cannabis into pre-rolls
Related Articles After the recreational marijuana market exploded in recent years across the Bay State, more pot shops will soon be shutting down around the region. Trulieve Cannabis Corp. recently announced that the marijuana giant will be winding down its operations in Massachusetts. The company’s dispensaries in Worcester, Framingham, and Northampton will close at the […]
Massachusetts lawmakers file legislation to decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms, other plants
Related Articles First it was marijuana decriminalization. Could psychedelic mushrooms and other plants be next in Massachusetts? Two bills have been filed at the State House to end arrests for psilocybin mushrooms, ayahuasca, mescaline and ibogaine in the Bay State. This push for decriminalization at the state level comes after some cities, including Somerville and […]
Massachusetts adds marijuana education to driving school, the first recreational cannabis state to adopt curriculum
Related Articles Four years after the Bay State’s first recreational pot shops opened, the state is adding weed education to its driving school curriculum. Massachusetts is the first recreational-use cannabis state to adopt, “Shifting Gears: the Blunt Truth about Marijuana and Driving,” a AAA curriculum that teaches teens about the risks of cannabis-impaired driving. The […]
Massachusetts Senate passes sweeping pot reform bill
Related Articles The state Senate passed a sweeping cannabis bill that aims to clarify some terms of a ballot initiative first passed by voters in 2016, while promoting equity in the industry. “Unfortunately, many barriers continue to prevent those historically harmed by marijuana prohibition from entering the industry,” said Senate President Karen Spilka, D-Ashland, adding […]
Bills filed in state House, Senate would legalize medical marijuana insurance coverage
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Massachusetts farmers ‘sidelined’ at Worcester dispensary’s farmer’s market say industry equity programs need work
Related Articles Farmers who say they have been boxed out of the lucrative cannabis industry due to the high costs of entry were confronted by police as they protested a so-called “Cannabis Farmers Market” event at a Worcester dispensary over the weekend. “Farmers aren’t even getting in the parking lot, let alone sitting at the […]
Justin Bieber-branded bud comes to Bay State
Related Articles If you’ve ever heard Justin Bieber’s song “Peaches,” you know he gets his peaches out in Georgia, and his weed from California. Now, Bay Staters can get Bieber-branded Peaches marijuana in Massachusetts, courtesy of California marijuana brand Palms pre-rolls. “I’m a fan of Palms and what they are doing by making cannabis approachable […]
Boston pot supermarket given green light, may open this week
One of the country’s biggest legal marijuana companies is ready to open a pot supermarket in downtown Boston — possibly as soon as later this week, the Herald has learned. Ascend is preparing a “soft opening” with a target date of Thursday for a 16,000-square-foot dispensary on Friend Street across from North Station and TD […]