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virtual information session hosted by the boston cannabis board and the mayor's office of economic development

Cannabis delivery licenses on the way for Boston dispensaries

Isabella Abraham April 27, 2021
Boston must site at least 52 recreational cannabis dispensaries, according to state law.
Emma Moneuse/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: Let’s be blunt. It’s high time we accept marijuana dispensaries, destigmatize cannabis

Editors April 21, 2021
The poorly concealed elitism in our own backyards show we sorely need to change our attitudes.
The Cannabis Control Commission was sued Jan. 13 by the Commonwealth Dispensary Association over its new regulations that restrict delivery license eligibility. BETSEY GOLDWASSER/ DFP FILE

Cannabis Control Commission sued over new delivery license regulations

Isabella Abraham January 24, 2021
To prioritize disenfranchised communities — who have faced disproportionate harm from marijuana enforcement and prohibition — the CCC limited delivery licenses to economic empowerment and social equity applicants for three years.
Boston University’s School of Law hosted a three-day virtual conference last week for scholars to discuss marijuana laws in the United States and the future of marijuana. VIVIAN MYRON/ DFP FILE

BU Law invites scholars to discuss marijuana law in US, plans for future

Yiran Yu November 19, 2020

As a source of many heated debates, marijuana legalization has been a controversial yet compelling topic in both academia and the general public. Boston University School of Law hosted a three-day...

Gabriella Aponte

2020 Breakdown: The people have spoken, and they want progressivism

Gabriella Aponte November 13, 2020
The people have spoken and they want progressivism. It’s time the Democratic Party starts listening.
Pure Oasis, a pot shop owned by Kobie Evans and Kevin Hart, will soon open as the first recreational marijuana store, also the first owned by economic empowerment candidates in Boston. COURTESY OF KOBIE EVANS

First recreational pot shop gets permission to open in Boston

Elyse Genrich January 31, 2020

Boston’s first recreational marijuana shop may open its doors in the coming weeks — a landmark not only as the first in Boston in general, but also the first in Massachusetts owned by economic empowerment...

Boston University has upheld its ban on marijuana use on campus, despite the legalization of marijuana in Massachusetts for adults over 21. BETSEY GOLDWASSER/ DFP FILE ILLUSTRATION

BU marijuana policy bans use without exception

Elyse Genrich September 26, 2019
Although Boston University is located in Massachusetts, a state where the possession and use of recreational marijuana is legal for adults over the age of 21, BU maintains its ban of marijuana on campus.
Left to right: Marisa M. Silveri, Deborah Hasin, Keith Cooper, Beau Kilmer and Richard Saitz partake in a panel on the legalization of marijuana hosted by the Boston University School of Public Health Thursday. COURTESY OF MICHAEL S. SAUNDERS/ SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

SPH hosts forum to explore future of post-legalization of recreational marijuana in Massachusetts

Victoria Bond October 30, 2018
Members of the Boston University community and other university professors addressed questions around the legalization of recreational marijuana at a forum Thursday in the School of Medicine’s Hiebert Lounge.
EDITORIAL: Cannabis Control Commission should favor disadvantaged communities in marijuana licensing process

EDITORIAL: Cannabis Control Commission should favor disadvantaged communities in marijuana licensing process

Editors October 2, 2018

For a city that celebrates its love of weed with an annual festival, Boston is moving at a snail’s pace with instating recreational marijuana dispensaries. Though voters approved recreational marijuana...

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.
The second Massachusetts Marijuana Summit will be held in Boston this Friday. PHOTO BY BETSEY GOLDWASSER/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Second Marijuana Summit coming to Boston before new regulations

Michal Shvimer March 1, 2018
On Friday, the second Massachusetts Marijuana Summit will bring together panels of legal, political and business experts to discuss the ins and outs of the cannabis industry as recreational marijuana legalization nears.
The Cannabis Control Commission is being pressured to limit its recreational industry beginning this summer. PHOTO BY BETSEY GOLDWASSER/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Healey, legislators urge limited summer marijuana rollout

Samantha Day February 20, 2018
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey sent a letter Thursday urging the Cannabis Control Commission to consider a more limited sale of recreational marijuana this summer as Massachusetts adapts to the new industry.
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