Inbox: Sen. Miranda And Cannabis Leaders Brief Lawmakers On License Limits
October 28, 2025
‘Policymakers and entrepreneurs to discuss how to protect competition and local independent small businesses’
‘Policymakers and entrepreneurs to discuss how to protect competition and local independent small businesses’
Pt. 1—Budgets, staffing, social equity, the Massachusetts Medical use of Marijuana program, and the ballot initiative to end recreational cannabis
The commission will reopen the fifth application period for new participants to qualify for the Social Equity Program from Aug. 1 through Sept. 30
“They’re trying to make changes so that the program remains open to everybody and everybody has access to the program material.”
“This is a tool to let us stay engaged. So check it regularly [and] make sure that you are adding your events to the platform.”
“EquityWorks Career Hub is a centralized platform designed to support professional growth, inclusive hiring, and networking within the Massachusetts cannabis industry.”
CCC: “12-month extension begins today, with an ongoing study of the success of delivery businesses to be complete by September”
Commissioners grant another year of exclusivity, will examine impact of regulatory changes on Social Equity licensees
“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
As of August 2024, the balance in the fund was more than $6 million, according to the state’s cannabis commission
