Mass Cannabis Regulators Address Idea Of Alcohol At Social Consumption Events
May 12, 2025
In drafting regulations, commissioners consider how weed and booze might coexist at events
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
Suspended Chair Shannon O’Brien’s meeting with appointing state Treasurer Deb Goldberg is pushed back. As cannabis commissioners carry out duties under placeholders, major questions still loom around leadership.
