While it will be legal as of July 1 for adults 21 years and older to possess up to 1.5 ounces of cannabis, it’s likely going to take at least a year before an industry is up and running. Connecticut’s Department of Consumer Protection began working in earnest on new state regulations and licensing applications […]
Frates was married to Pete Frates, former Boston College athlete who inspired Ice Bucket Challenge while battling ALS. “Pete and I tried medical marijuana and the difference was night and day,” Frates said. “We are extremely fortunate to have Julie Frates and Michelle L’Heureux on our ‘I Cannabis’ team, and we thank them for their […]
WORCESTER — Tanner Houck got the chance to pitch in front of a packed Polar Park for the first time on Thursday night. “Having a guy like that around, one of the top five pitchers in the game right now, in my opinion, I love getting to talk to him and I love getting to […]
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In 2018, Cultivate made history as one of the first two adult-use cannabis stores to open on the East Coast. Both of those shops are co-located with adult-use and medical cannabis, but the Worcester store is adult-use only. Store manager Rhyader Cookman said customers on Tuesday will be able to select from more than 40 […]
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Mayor Domenic J. Separately, Attorney Brian G. Diem’s proposal for a retail cannabis store at the former Macy’s store at the Eastfield Mall, was selected by Sarno for negotiations in May, but a proposal for a cultivation business on the second floor of the vacant store was denied.. The material on this site may not […]
The CCC’s guidance instructs cannabis retailers to include an insert or notification in any hemp products noting that they were not manufactured under the commission’s regulatory scheme for the state’s cannabis industry. “The memo is, for the most part, done,” he said. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or […]
Some who testified also asked for the CCC to provide clarity on how community impact fees can be spent. Rep. Chauncy Spencer, a Black Boston resident who was among the first equity applicants in the city trying to open a dispensary in Roxbury, said the system and the industry are bogged down by structural racism. […]
The city already has issued four licenses for adult-use recreational cannabis businesses, which is the limit allowed by the state. The owners of Jim Buddy’s were granted a permit in April and plan to open a retail shop this summer on Memorial Drive next to their existing vape shop. Since July 2019 when Mass Alternative […]
Browne, who grew up in the Centerville part of Cape Cod, and fiancee Samantha Taylor in 2016 came up with the idea of having an equitable cannabis competition. The Grow-Off has been running annually in California and Colorado, and now Taylor and Browne are expanding. She started growing in 1994, took a break for a […]
Cookies, founded in 2008 by Gilbert Milam Jr., a Bay Area rapper and entrepreneur known as Berner, and Jai Chang, a Bay Area breeder and cultivator, is among the most well-known names in cannabis. “As Cookies continues to expand, I focus on cherry-picking the best operators in each state,” said Berner. “Earning the trust and […]
