Mass Grass NewsInterview: Commissioner Stebbins On His Reappointment To The CCC
Acting Cannabis Control Commission chair discusses vision for the coming five years, says he’d accept the position permanently if it’s…
August 29, 2025Bruce Stebbins
Mass Grass NewsMass Grass NewsBruce Stebbins Reappointed To Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission
Commissioner Stebbins will continue in the role of acting chair until a permanent chair is appointed
August 13, 2025
Mass Grass NewsMore Details From The Cannabis Social Consumption Draft Regulations
From proposed Massachusetts Social Consumption Establishment license fees and caps to ventilation regulations and next steps
December 17, 2024
Mass Grass NewsMass Cannabis Regulators Finally Reveal What Social Consumption Will Look Like
Three proposed license types include “Supplemental” for existing Marijuana Establishments, “Hospitality,” and “Event Organizer”
December 5, 2024
Mass Grass NewsRegulators To Meet About Social Consumption This Week. Here’s The Backstory.
A timeline of the (lack of) progress toward licensing 420-friendly lounges and other social establishments in Massachusetts
December 2, 2024
Mass Grass NewsMassachusetts Regulators Pick New Cannabis Control Commission Executive Director
David Lakeman comes from Illinois cannabis program but started career with Massachusetts Municipal Association and CCC
October 28, 2024
Mass Grass NewsCCC Members Hold It Together With New Acting Chair At Monthly Meeting
In a surprisingly boring September meeting, the few commissioners left punt on big topics and discuss personnel and budget
September 15, 2024
Mass Grass NewsCannabis Control Commission Says It Needs More Funds From Legislature
Training for social equity license applicants may be cut short. Acting ED: “It is not looking that great for us,…
September 14, 2024
Mass Grass NewsCCC Releases Multiple Sets Of Clandestine Executive Session Minutes
Revelations regard topics ranging from “disagreements” “on messaging,” to lack of “consensus,” to “staff pushback,” to it taking “three weeks…
August 14, 2024
Mass Grass NewsAnd Then There Were Three: Commission Leadership Struggles Continue
With one colleague suspended and another now on medical leave, remaining Massachusetts cannabis regulators nearly had to adjourn meeting
August 14, 2024