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Up in smoke: Cannabis Commission to meet without suspended chairwoman
Related Articles The Cannabis Control Commission meets Monday absent its chairwoman after she was suddenly suspended from her job last week. On Thursday, Treasury Secretary Deb Goldberg removed pot boss Shannon O’Brien from her post just a year after the former gubernatorial candidate took the job steering marijuana policy for the state. The suspension, with […]
Editorial: At $181K, Massachusetts pot boss no bargain
Related Articles Cannabis board boss Shannon O’Brien is paid $181,722 to oversee the state’s weed rollout. Losing her cool and needing to apologize for it because a key staffer is leaving is unprofessional. It comes as the latest tally shows the Bay State has hit a new one-month high in legal weed sales — $136 […]
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 […]
Pot cafe pilot program scrapped, regulators green light statewide approach
Related Articles The state’s cannabis board is giving pot cafes the green light. The regulators tasked with creating the rules around “social consumption sites” have scrapped a pilot program that would have tested out weed cafes in a dozen locations and will dive right into licensing and regulation. Voters approved adult use of marijuana in […]
Massachusetts $181,722 pot boss past weeded out
After failing to publicly disclose the chairwoman’s prior involvement in a massive outdoor marijuana growing operation, the state’s Cannabis Control Commission has determined their boss is no longer doing business in the industry she regulates. “Can you unequivocally state that Ms. O’Brien owns no ownership stake in Greenfield Greenery?” Commissioner Kimberly Roy asked commission staff […]
Pot boss Shannon O’Brien affiliated license up for final approval, recusal promised
Related Articles The agenda for the state Cannabis Control Commission’s next meeting shows the pot-growing farm pitched in part by Chair Shannon O’Brien will soon appear before regulators for final license approval. Greenfield Greenery LLC, a planned outdoor grow operation, set in the city of the same name, and for which O’Brien apparently served as CEO, […]
Cannabis Control boss Shannon O’Brien, paid $181,722, has business before her own board
Related Articles The state’s new pot boss Shannon O’Brien, paid a smoking $181,722 salary, has been involved in two applications for cannabis cultivation, according to documents reviewed by the Herald. O’Brien is listed on an application filed in 2020 by Greenfield Greenery LLC, as an “Owner/Partner” in a proposal to open an outdoor growing operation […]
Pot board chairman sparks concern over his departure
Related Articles He left in a puff. The Cannabis Control Commission has been without a chairperson for a week as the agency acknowledged Monday that Chairman Steven Hoffman resigned from the job effective April 25. Hoffman’s departure comes about four months before his five-year inaugural term on the body that regulates legal marijuana in Massachusetts […]
Boston pot warehouse proposal slammed by religious, civic leaders
Related Articles A group of religious and civic leaders plans to voice their opposition next week to a proposed pot warehouse and courier service in Grove Hall, a neighborhood made up predominantly of people of color. “We understand the economic development portion of it. They want to create jobs,” Charles Muhammad of the Grove Hall […]
Pot regulators launching online catalog of marijuana products
The Cannabis Control Commission is launching an online catalog of the myriad marijuana products available at the state’s pot shops and dispensaries to help cops, parents and regulators alike tell the difference between what’s legal, and what’s not. The first-in-the-nation regulators’ catalog won’t exactly compete with Leafly and Weedmaps — so don’t expect genetic information […]