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The CCC has approved its regulations for adult-use Marijuana ahead of its spring deadline. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY BETSEY GOLDWASSER/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Final regulations, guidelines released for recreational marijuana industry

Sarika Ram March 11, 2018
Regulations for the cultivation and distribution of recreational, adult-use marijuana in Massachusetts were finalized by the Cannabis Control Commission Friday, ahead of their March 15 deadline.
House leaders release their own version of the criminal justice reform bill Monday. PHOTO BY JENNA MANTO/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

House takes more lenient approach to criminal justice reform

Laura Al Bast November 9, 2017

  Following the Massachusetts Senate's passage of a hotly debated bill aimed at overhauling the state’s criminal justice system last month, House leaders set grounds for debate with the introduction...

Pro-marijuana groups plan to introduce a bill January that would cut tax revenue for cities and towns in Massachusetts that enacted bans or limits on licensed marijuana operations.  Patriot Care is a marijuana dispensary in Downtown Boston. PHOTO BY LEXI PLINE/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Pro-marijuana groups say no to revenue for pot-free towns

Campbell Zachara October 5, 2017

Pro-marijuana advocates are currently discussing a bill that would prevent Massachusetts towns that are trying to restrict recreational marijuana operations from collecting their share of cannabis...

Colorado Marijuana firm AmeriCann, Inc. is to build a one-million square foot medical cannabis center in Freetown, Massachusetts. PHOTO COURTESY AMERICANN

Expansive medical marijuana center eyes Massachusetts market

Shannon Larson September 14, 2017

AmeriCann, Inc. may soon establish one of the largest cannabis cultivation and processing facilities in the nation within 50 miles of Boston, bringing with them their innovative line of marijuana products...

In light of an ordinance that creates buffer zones between marijuana dispensaries and that was signed by Boston Mayor Martin Walsh on Monday, public records show that dispensary owner Patriot Care has been donating funds to the campaigns of public officials. ILLUSTRATION BY SARAH SILBIGER/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Dispensary owners lobby for new buffer zones

Luis Castro March 17, 2016

In light of an ordinance signed Friday by Boston Mayor Martin Walsh establishing a “buffer zone” between marijuana dispensaries, public records reveal that dispensary owners donated funds to campaigns...

Two marijuana legalization advocacy groups filed petition signatures to support the legalization of marijuana in Massachusetts being on the 2016 ballot. PHOTO COURTESY PIXABAY

Marijuana legalization groups push forward with ballot questions for 2016 election

Abigail Freeman November 23, 2015

Groups seeking to legalize the recreational use of marijuana in Massachusetts filed petition signatures Wednesday to place certified questions on the upcoming 2016 election ballot. The Campaign to Regulate...

Bay State Repeal announced Friday that it filed the first ballot initiative to allow the lawful sale, possession and use of recreational marijuana in Massachusetts. PHOTO BY PRENSA/FLICKR

Advocacy group submits draft petition legalizing marijuana sales

Chris Fergus April 23, 2015

Bay State Repeal, a local advocacy group working for the repeal of cannabis prohibition in Massachusetts, filed the first draft of a 2016 ballot initiative petition legalizing the sale of marijuana to...

1st medical cannabis commercial to be aired in April

Daily Free Press Admin March 6, 2014

Following the launch of two medical cannabis branches in Boston, the Medical Cannabis Network, the leading provider of marketing and business solutions for the cannabis industry, will be launching the...

Hempfest hosts first two-day festival in 20 years despite city resistance

Daily Free Press Admin September 16, 2013

For the first time in its more than 20-year history, the Freedom Rally hosted two days of festivities this weekend instead of a one-day event, but not without some resistance from the City of Boston. The...

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