Commissioner Concepcion Resigns From Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission
November 17, 2025
Ava Callender Concepcion, who served nearly five years and temporarily led the agency, steps down following absence
Ava Callender Concepcion, who served nearly five years and temporarily led the agency, steps down following absence
In drafting regulations, commissioners consider how weed and booze might coexist at events
Revelations regard topics ranging from “disagreements” “on messaging,” to lack of “consensus,” to “staff pushback,” to it taking “three weeks for a tweet to be posted regarding agreed upon policy”
With one colleague suspended and another now on medical leave, remaining Massachusetts cannabis regulators nearly had to adjourn meeting
Commissioners acknowledge need for clarity on roles of chair, executive director
From badging, to addressing the nonpayment issue, to a doc on social equity, to record sales, worker safety, and dispensaries that sell scratch tickets
Worker safety, research, testing, social consumption, delivery, and—finally—movement on the Social Equity Trust Fund
“Are we on sound legal footing? More than anything, that has to be the lens that we look at this through.”
Cannabis regulators vote to scrap “burdensome” “two-driver” rule. “We have met with delivery operators and couriers to truly understand. … It was a collaborative conversation.”
Concepcion will continue setting the agenda—but only until the next Cannabis Control Commission meeting
