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The Massachusetts State House. The state announced a training to help local firearm dealers comply with federal laws and strengthen firearm inspection on Feb. 17. ANDREW BURKE-STEVENSON/DFP STAFF

Massachusetts implements training program to regulate firearm inspection

Emilia Wisniewski March 3, 2023
The state announced a training program on Feb. 17 to help local licensing authorities comply with federal laws, strengthen firearm inspection and prevent gun trafficking.
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu divests funds away from fossil fuels

Mayor Wu signs ordinance to divest fossils fuels in Boston

Emilia Wisniewski December 2, 2021
Mayor Michelle Wu divested City funds away from fossil fuel and other industries in an ordinance.
Cannabis plant growing in a greenhouse

Recreational dispensary proposed for Newbury Street

Sam Trottenberg February 25, 2021
The proposal comes from Rooted in Roxbury, a local minority-owned cannabis company. Although Newbury Street hosts tobacco and pipe retailers, there are currently no dispensaries on the strip.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Politics Philosophized: Period pieces often glaze over a dark history

Max Ferrandino February 17, 2021
These period pieces should be taken with a grain of salt. While the clothes and houses may look pretty, unethically using and enslaving people certainly is not.
Max Ferrandino

Politics Philosophized: The marijuana industry is not inclusive of BIPOC businesses

Max Ferrandino November 23, 2020
We must reexamine an industry where white-owned businesses profit off of a substance that is putting POC behind bars.
What tobacco industry’s past could forecast for opioid crisis’s future

What tobacco industry’s past could forecast for opioid crisis’s future

Hannah Shearer February 20, 2018

Smoking kills over 480,000 Americans each year and costs the United States $300 billion a year in medical care, according to a study from the Center for Disease Control. Before 1998’s Master Settlement...

PHOTO COURTESY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

EDITORIAL: Bump stocks must be banned and Massachusetts legislature is on the right track

Editors October 12, 2017

When Stephen Paddock killed 58 people at a Las Vegas music festival earlier this month, he used a device called a bump stock, essentially turning his semiautomatic rifles into fully automatic ones —...

MARTIN: California's raised smoking age takes away young adults' rights

MARTIN: California’s raised smoking age takes away young adults’ rights

Ellis Martin March 16, 2016

I think I realized smoking was a pretty nasty habit after about the fourth time my mother tried quitting. After patches, gum and a recent attempt at switching over to vaporizers, mama is still sucking...

llowing a regulation filed by Attorney General Maura Healey, beginning Sept. 25, anyone under the age of 18 cannot buy e-cigarettes in Massachusetts. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY BRIAN SONG/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Electronic cigarette sales to be restricted for minors

Julia Metjian September 18, 2015

A regulation that will ban Massachusetts minors from purchasing electronic cigarettes will go into effect starting Sept. 25 as a result of efforts from Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey and...

EDIT: Ban Within Town Borders

EDIT: Ban Within Town Borders

Editors November 11, 2014

On Wednesday, the Westminster Board of Health will hold a hearing to discuss the municipality’s proposition to prohibit the sale of any and every tobacco product in the town. If the regulation is approved,...

CVS to discontinue all tobacco by October 1

Daily Free Press Admin February 5, 2014

Because CVS Caremark wants to avoid selling tobacco products alongside healthcare products, the company announced Wednesday that all CVS stores in the United States will no longer sell tobacco products. Each...

EDIT: Smokers’ havens now bans smokers

Daily Free Press Admin December 4, 2013

Boston Mayor Thomas Menino is expected to sign an ordinance to forbid people from smoking tobacco, cannabis and vaporized nicotine products in public parks. While smoke-free parks may inspire more people...

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