Massachusetts News
U.S. Senate rejects cannabis banking bill
Related Articles The latest effort to let legal cannabis business open checking accounts and accept credit cards has failed, due to U.S. Senate opposition, leaving proponents to try to find another way to get the bill through Congress. The Secure and Fair Enforcement, or SAFE, Banking Act, was excised from the National Defense Authorization Act, […]
2 arrested in Tewksbury for alleged fentanyl trafficking
TEWKSBURY — An investigation by the Tewksbury Police Narcotics Unit at a known hot spot for drug activity led to the arrest of two men on fentanyl trafficking charges on Thursday. Jeffrey Gutierrez, 32, of Lawrence, and Nathan Leach, 45, of Sanford, Maine, were both charged with trafficking in more than 10 grams of fentanyl […]
Editorial: Health studies cast shadow on weed
Massachusetts has often been described as a nanny state, cosseting its citizens with overprotective policies. But sometimes the nanny takes a day off. The commonwealth banned flavored tobacco and vapes in 2019 after a rise in suspected lung injuries from vaping. Read the rest of this story on BostonHerald.com.
Weedology 101: College cannabis classes spring up across Massachusetts
Related Articles Your old weed dealer may be giving lectures at a professor’s podium sometime soon. Colleges across the region are turning to the pot business as a growth opportunity. “As a growing industry in Massachusetts, obviously, after legalization, the demand for jobs and highly qualified people skyrocketed — that’s what we were hearing from […]
Kremlin: Any talks about Griner swap must be confidential
MOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin on Wednesday kept the door open for talks on a possible swap involving jailed U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner but reiterated that any such discussions must be kept strictly confidential. A Russian court on Tuesday rejected Griner’s appeal against her nine-year prison sentence for drug possession. The eight-time all-star center […]
Kamala Harris: ‘Nobody should have to go to jail for smoking weed, right?’
Related Articles Kamala Harris used her first late-night network TV appearance since becoming vice president to reflect on how her life has changed since she got the job — including a shortage of emojis — and to talk up the need to vote in the midterm elections. Harris, appearing early Tuesday on NBC’s “Late Night […]
Biden pardons thousands for ‘simple possession’ of marijuana
Related Articles By ZEKE MILLER and CHRIS MEGERIAN WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is pardoning thousands of Americans convicted of “simple possession” of marijuana under federal law, as his administration takes a dramatic step toward decriminalizing the drug and addressing charging practices that disproportionately impact people of color. Biden’s move also covers thousands convicted […]
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 […]
Ticker: Weed judges wanted for Cannabis Cup; Mt. Washington Observatory names new director
Related Articles Cannabis connoisseurs living in Bay State are invited to flex their taste buds in a competition to choose the People’s Choice awards in the state’s edition of High Times’ Cannabis Cup. The glossy schwag mag is looking for up to 2,200 resinated residents to sample the best of the state’s locally grown bud […]