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Meaka Brown: Meet The First Black Woman To Manage A Mass Dispensary
"There’s no one else who looks like me and walks into the room as a virtual unknown who is late…
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Derrell Black: Meet The Mass Chapter Pres Of Minorities For Medical Marijuana
“I’m giving that to my people—the right information about starting a business.”
September 29, 2020
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Irie Ivy: Harvard Cannabis Class Heavy On Health
“My course is the first course at the Harvard Extension School in which students will learn how to critically examine…
September 23, 2020
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Berkshire Roots, Eastie Location: This Is What A Neighborhood Dispensary Looks Like
“It’s exactly what pot advocates knew would happen, and what every would-be pot shop operator told the aldermen and city…
September 15, 2020
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An Open Letter To The Boston Cannabis Board Members
The City of Boston Marijuana Establishment Application requires both a facility address and selection of a city neighborhood. We urge you to bifurcate the…
By VARIOUS AUTHORS · March 11, 2020
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Noni Goldman Of Four Trees Pushes For Social Consumption In Holyoke
Noni Goldman got into the cannabis industry in 2016 with a 50,000-square-foot greenhouse. With a background in supply chain management and agriculture, she says…
By MIKE CRAWFORD · March 3, 2020
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New Year’s Revolution: Ourage, Frustration Shut Down Cannabis Control Commission
"There needs to be a clear-cut process. The process for a white man and a black veteran woman needs to be equal.”
By ERVING JEAN-JACQUES · January 15, 2020
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How The Mad Dash For Host Community Agreements Is A Windfall For Landlords
Marijuana applicants are often desperate to lock up space, willing to bid up rates well over market value in order to price out a…
By DAVID RABINOVITZ · January 13, 2020
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What About The Children? As Legal Cannabis Has Rolled Out, We Hear The Battle Cry Again …
Retailers should not be allowed to be within 2,000 feet of a playground, daycare, school, place of worship, or statue of any historical figure.
By PETER C. BERNARD · January 1, 2020
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The Chill Zone: Cumberland Farms Could Blow Up The Mass Cannabis Market
With its massive network, Cumberland Farms apparently wants to sell more alcoholic beverages and has successfully placed a question on the 2020 ballot that…
By DAVID RABINOVITZ · December 27, 2019