Mass Grass News10 Takeaways From The Massachusetts Cannabis Repeal Lawsuit
Three operators are suing the attorney general and secretary of state to kill the prohibitionist ballot initiative. Here’s what stands…
April 5, 2026CHRIS FARAONE
Chris is the editor and co-founder of Talking Joints Memo, a co-founder of the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, and a longtime reporter for outlets including the Boston Phoenix and DigBoston. He started his career as a music journalist and has been honored to collaborate with the likes of cannabis icons like Cypress Hill and Wu-Tang on book projects. He also plays pickleball and would love more people to play with who also smoke weed.
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Mass Grass NewsCCC Delays Vote On Enforcement Action For A Second Time
Commissioners cite concerns over inconsistent penalties and payment timelines for Holyoke operator
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National NewsAnalysis: No Rise in Problematic Cannabis Use Among Teens Following Adult-Use Legalization
"No consistent evidence that state nonmedical cannabis legalization was associated with an increase in the prevalence of CUD diagnoses among…
March 31, 2026
Mass Grass NewsMassachusetts Cannabis Workers Demand Safety In CCC Listening Session
“We cannot continue to operate in a system where products are tested and sold and regulated while the people producing…
March 19, 2026
Mass Grass NewsVideo: TD Garden Owners Sue The Boston Garden Dispensary
TJM Editor Chris Faraone breaks down the much-ballyhooed story taking local media by storm
March 12, 2026
Mass Grass NewsA Pep Talk For All Massachusetts Cannabis Smokers And Stakeholders
In one direction is more progress; in the other, not so much
March 7, 2026
Mass Grass NewsMass Regulators Seek ID Vendor In Effort To Ditch Cannabis Badge Cascade
The CCC is finally shopping for solutions to replace the burdensome and costly multi-badge system straining patience, necks, and pockets
February 26, 2026
Mass Grass NewsThe Mass Cannabis Company Entangled In ‘Large-Scale Fentanyl Trafficking Conspiracy’
Lifted Luxury got as far as the provisional stage for three Bay State marijuana businesses
February 12, 2026
Mass Grass NewsProhibitionist ‘Good Drug Policy Summit’ Bars Experts
Conference hosted by group funding Massachusetts cannabis repeal effort also probably lacked “good drugs,” as promised in name
February 9, 2026
Mass Grass NewsCourt Sanctions Malden $18K In Finale Of Five-Year Feud With Social Equity Applicant
Benevolent Botanicals prevails; unreasonable cannabis zoning by “bumbling” bureaucracy hits 10-foot barbed-wire wall
February 3, 2026