{"id":8523,"date":"2018-11-08T17:52:55","date_gmt":"2018-11-08T17:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/2018\/11\/08\/after-long-wait-1st-legal-marijuana-shops-on-east-coast-to-open\/104763\/"},"modified":"2018-11-08T17:52:55","modified_gmt":"2018-11-08T17:52:55","slug":"after-long-wait-1st-legal-marijuana-shops-on-east-coast-to-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/after-long-wait-1st-legal-marijuana-shops-on-east-coast-to-open\/","title":{"rendered":"After long wait, 1st legal marijuana shops on East Coast to open"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/after-long-wait-1st-legal-marijuana-shops-on-east-coast-to-open\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/a76bf61d10574a719382a0ffc78d8f08-1-560x369.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/after-long-wait-1st-legal-marijuana-shops-on-east-coast-to-open.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/after-long-wait-1st-legal-marijuana-shops-on-east-coast-to-open-2.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"large-10 large-centered small-12 columns\">\n<p><strong>By?Bob Salsberg<\/strong>, <em>The Associated Press<\/em><\/p>\n<p>NORTHAMPTON, Mass. \u2014 With its youthful vibe and eclectic mix of culture, a small Massachusetts city seems a logical site for the nation\u2019s first legal recreational marijuana sales east of Colorado.<\/p>\n<p>An existing medical marijuana dispensary in Northampton \u2014 nestled in Massachusetts\u2019 scenic Pioneer Valley \u2014 plans to open its doors within days to anyone 21 or older looking for products ranging from pre-rolled joints to cannabis-infused edibles, creams, lotions and cooking oils. A second store in the small town of Leicester could also open at or around the same time, while dozens of other retail applicants await final licensing approval from state regulators.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2018\/11\/08\/east-coast-legal-marijuana-shops\/\">Read the rest of this story on DenverPost.com.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#013; &#013; <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .row --> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By?Bob Salsberg, The Associated Press NORTHAMPTON, Mass. \u2014 With its youthful vibe and eclectic mix of culture, a small Massachusetts city seems a logical site for the nation\u2019s first legal recreational marijuana sales east of Colorado. An existing medical marijuana dispensary in Northampton \u2014 nestled in Massachusetts\u2019 scenic Pioneer Valley \u2014 plans to open its [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9,441,1,3,61,1736],"tags":[3015],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8523"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8523"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8523\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}