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Marijuana will soon be sold for recreational use in Massachusetts. However, some in the industry are worried about local municipalities limiting and slowing down rollout. PHOTO BY BETSEY GOLDWASSER/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

As recreational marijuana rollout looms near, local municipalities work to block it

Sophia Brown April 18, 2018
As the July 1 rollout date for legal recreational marijuana commerce in Massachusetts approaches, the ideological divide between communities that have embraced commercial marijuana and those that have not is growing ever more pronounced.
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.
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker and Boston Mayor Martin Walsh joined a bipartisan committee to prevent the legalization of recreational marijuana. GRAPHIC BY RACHEL CHMIELINSKI/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Gov. Charlie Baker and Mayor Martin Walsh oppose legalization of marijuana

Meagan Schwarz April 19, 2016

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker and Boston Mayor Martin Walsh joined a bipartisan committee Thursday opposing the commercial legalization of marijuana in the commonwealth, according to a Thursday...

Six medical marijuana dispensaries are now open in Massachusetts, including the New England Treatment Access in Brookline, which opened Feb. 6. PHOTO BY KRISHNA SHARMA/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Massachusetts’ sixth medical marijuana dispensary opens

Meagan Schwarz February 19, 2016

Massachusetts’ sixth medical marijuana dispensary opened in Lowell Tuesday, according to the Patriot Care medical marijuana dispensary website. Patriot Care has dispensaries scheduled to open in...

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...

Medical marijuana applications go to 2nd license phase

Daily Free Press Admin September 30, 2013

In an attempt to narrow down the application count to 35, the Department of Public Health approved 158 out of 181 marijuana dispensaries on Sept. 23 to move on to the next step of being licensed to sell...

Medical cannabis in Mass. faces questions

Daily Free Press Admin November 28, 2012

Despite the passage of medical marijuana during the Nov. 3 election, questions still remain as to how the drug will be regulated and where dispensaries will be established. The law, which will go into...

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