Analysis: Is The Massachusetts Cannabis Market Really Cooling Off?
March 5, 2025
Maybe not. It might depend on whether you own a retail store, work as a budtender, or visit as a consumer.
Maybe not. It might depend on whether you own a retail store, work as a budtender, or visit as a consumer.
A detailed dispatch from last week’s hearing on the lack of access faced by patients in the Bay State Last week’s explosive hearing in Worcester was only the latest
“We need to urgently address these hurdles for both patients and businesses to prevent the program from imploding on itself.”
“If our stated goal was to ensure that the folks who were affected were supposed to get first access to this industry, then yeah, we could do better” A
Bill Downing: “The medical marijuana industry in Massachusetts is gravely ill. It cannot adequately serve my community.”
Jeremiah MacKinnon: “We don’t need band-aids. Patients need real access to their medicine.” This week’s Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission hearing on the state’s Medical Use of Marijuana Program was
Review and assessment, more than a year overdue, includes data on licensing, market saturation, sales, and more stretching back seven years
Calling for clearer standards and the “de-anonymization of data,” the Cannabis Control Commission member signaled that serious reform is coming
Municipalities want to squeeze as much money as possible from cannabis companies, but many are running afoul of a 2022 law that caps fees at three percent
Legislation would “strengthen worker protections, improve workplace conditions, and ensure unsafe products are properly investigated and enforced against”
