Recreational MarijuanaStories on the legalization of recreational marijuana in MassachusettsR.I. governor to sign bill to legalize recreational marijuanaIt will legalize the sale and possession of up to 1 ounce of cannabis for adults, ages 21 and older, with no more than 10 ounces for personal use kept...Local CoverageMay 25, 2022Former Head Of Sherrif's Substance Misuse Program Named To Cannabis CommissionHaving run the Worcester County Sheriff Department's substance misuse prevention and education program for students, Gov. Charlie Baker on Monday tapped Kimberly Roy to serve on the Cannabis Control Commission....Local CoverageJul 12, 2021Plaintiffs Drop Suit Over Marijuana Delivery RulesThe lawsuit was seen by some as an attack on the disadvantaged entrepreneurs and small businesses that the CCC's new delivery model was intended to help and a number of...Local CoverageJan 25, 2021Marijuana Retailers File Suit To Void Delivery RulesThe organization that represents most of the state's marijuana retailers is suing the Cannabis Control Commission to invalidate the new regulations that create a separate category of businesses allowed to...Local CoverageJan 20, 2021CCC Gives Final Approval To Marijuana Delivery FrameworkThe suite of new industry rules creates a two-pronged delivery license framework that is expected to become a reality next year, but also includes changes to the medical marijuana caregiver...Local CoverageNov 30, 2020AdvertisementRecreational Marijuana Shops Reopen For Business In Mass. — With RestrictionsPot shops are once again open for business in Massachusetts -- for curbside pickup only.Local CoverageMay 25, 2020Mass. Pot Shops Can Soon Reopen For Curbside Pickup Under New GuidelinesAs part of the state's phased reopening plan, marijuana shops can open to recreational customers for curbside pick up on May 25.Local CoverageMay 18, 2020Boston's 1st Pot Shop Opens Monday, More Than 3 Years After Legalization VotePure Oasis will open its doors Monday at 11 a.m. on Blue Hill Avenue, after the Cannabis Control Commission on Thursday authorized it to commence operations. Local CoverageMar 5, 2020Mayor Walsh Appoints 5 To New Boston Board Overseeing Legal Cannabis IndustryThe board was created last year amid concerns Boston's process for vetting marijuana businesses was too cumbersome and opaque. Nearly 40 retail pot shops are open in the state, but...Local CoverageMar 5, 2020Boston's First Pot Shop Officially Gets Green Light; Plans To Open By MarchBoston's first recreational marijuana shop is a step closer to opening. It will also be the state's first shop to open under the so-called economic empowerment program.ResumeLocal Coverage05:04Feb 5, 2020As Vapes Sell Again In Mass., Cannabis Stores Push To Make New Products Under New RulesMarijuana establishments jumped into production soon after cannabis regulators gave them the green light to sell new vaping products. The state has just two labs legally allowed to test these...ResumeLocal Coverage04:31Dec 23, 2019Walsh Signs Ordinance That Aims To Create More Equitable Marijuana Industry In BostonOn Tuesday, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh signed a city ordinance to boost those efforts that aims to increase the number of marijuana retail shops that are owned by people of...Local CoverageNov 26, 2019After 1 Year, Mass. Weed Stores Undersupplied, Still Competing With Black MarketOne year ago Wednesday, the first adult-use marijuana stores opened in Massachusetts. One of the state’s goals was to move cannabis off the black market. But illegal sales haven’t stopped...ResumeLocal Coverage06:29Nov 20, 2019Cannabis Regulator Discusses U.S. Attorney Lelling's Probe Into Host Community AgreementsCannabis Control Commissioner Shaleen Title joins Radio Boston to discuss U.S. Attorney Andrew Lelling's wide-ranging investigation into public corruption in the state's legal marijuana industry.ResumeRadio Boston13:01Nov 18, 2019How Mass. Cannabis Inspectors Keep A Watchful Eye Over The Legal Pot IndustryAcross Massachusetts, 15 state inspectors are charged with the task of ensuring everything at the various retail shops, grow facilities, manufacturing plants and independent labs that makes up the now...ResumeLocal Coverage07:04Nov 18, 2019What A Judge's Ruling On Vaping Medical Marijuana Could Mean For Recreational CustomersA judge says only the Cannabis Control Commission has oversight of vaping products for medical marijuana patients -- which suggests the agency could also decide what happens with the products...ResumeLocal Coverage02:27Nov 7, 2019Cannabis Commissioner, Local Businesses Welcome Inquiry Into Host Community AgreementsCommissioner Shaleen Title said any indication that laws governing the agreements are being enforced would be a welcome relief. Local CoverageNov 5, 2019How One Mass. Town Learned To Love The Cannabis BusinessWhile other Massachusetts town cast a wary eye on the cannabis business, Uxbridge has embraced the burgeoning industry with open arms.ResumeLocal Coverage05:35Oct 21, 2019'It’s Totally A Disaster': Ban On Vaping Products Frustrates Mass. BusinessesThe state's new ban on all vaping products has frustrated some local business owners, who say it will ruin their business.ResumeLocal Coverage03:43Sep 25, 2019Baker Calls For 4-Month Ban Of All Vaping Products In Mass.The move by Gov. Charlie Baker makes Massachusetts the first U.S. state to enact a total ban on vaping sales amid growing concerns over vaping-linked illnesses and deaths.ResumeLocal Coverage01:52Sep 24, 2019Next Page
R.I. governor to sign bill to legalize recreational marijuanaIt will legalize the sale and possession of up to 1 ounce of cannabis for adults, ages 21 and older, with no more than 10 ounces for personal use kept...Local CoverageMay 25, 2022
Former Head Of Sherrif's Substance Misuse Program Named To Cannabis CommissionHaving run the Worcester County Sheriff Department's substance misuse prevention and education program for students, Gov. Charlie Baker on Monday tapped Kimberly Roy to serve on the Cannabis Control Commission....Local CoverageJul 12, 2021
Plaintiffs Drop Suit Over Marijuana Delivery RulesThe lawsuit was seen by some as an attack on the disadvantaged entrepreneurs and small businesses that the CCC's new delivery model was intended to help and a number of...Local CoverageJan 25, 2021
Marijuana Retailers File Suit To Void Delivery RulesThe organization that represents most of the state's marijuana retailers is suing the Cannabis Control Commission to invalidate the new regulations that create a separate category of businesses allowed to...Local CoverageJan 20, 2021
CCC Gives Final Approval To Marijuana Delivery FrameworkThe suite of new industry rules creates a two-pronged delivery license framework that is expected to become a reality next year, but also includes changes to the medical marijuana caregiver...Local CoverageNov 30, 2020
Recreational Marijuana Shops Reopen For Business In Mass. — With RestrictionsPot shops are once again open for business in Massachusetts -- for curbside pickup only.Local CoverageMay 25, 2020
Mass. Pot Shops Can Soon Reopen For Curbside Pickup Under New GuidelinesAs part of the state's phased reopening plan, marijuana shops can open to recreational customers for curbside pick up on May 25.Local CoverageMay 18, 2020
Boston's 1st Pot Shop Opens Monday, More Than 3 Years After Legalization VotePure Oasis will open its doors Monday at 11 a.m. on Blue Hill Avenue, after the Cannabis Control Commission on Thursday authorized it to commence operations. Local CoverageMar 5, 2020
Mayor Walsh Appoints 5 To New Boston Board Overseeing Legal Cannabis IndustryThe board was created last year amid concerns Boston's process for vetting marijuana businesses was too cumbersome and opaque. Nearly 40 retail pot shops are open in the state, but...Local CoverageMar 5, 2020
Boston's First Pot Shop Officially Gets Green Light; Plans To Open By MarchBoston's first recreational marijuana shop is a step closer to opening. It will also be the state's first shop to open under the so-called economic empowerment program.ResumeLocal Coverage05:04Feb 5, 2020
As Vapes Sell Again In Mass., Cannabis Stores Push To Make New Products Under New RulesMarijuana establishments jumped into production soon after cannabis regulators gave them the green light to sell new vaping products. The state has just two labs legally allowed to test these...ResumeLocal Coverage04:31Dec 23, 2019
Walsh Signs Ordinance That Aims To Create More Equitable Marijuana Industry In BostonOn Tuesday, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh signed a city ordinance to boost those efforts that aims to increase the number of marijuana retail shops that are owned by people of...Local CoverageNov 26, 2019
After 1 Year, Mass. Weed Stores Undersupplied, Still Competing With Black MarketOne year ago Wednesday, the first adult-use marijuana stores opened in Massachusetts. One of the state’s goals was to move cannabis off the black market. But illegal sales haven’t stopped...ResumeLocal Coverage06:29Nov 20, 2019
Cannabis Regulator Discusses U.S. Attorney Lelling's Probe Into Host Community AgreementsCannabis Control Commissioner Shaleen Title joins Radio Boston to discuss U.S. Attorney Andrew Lelling's wide-ranging investigation into public corruption in the state's legal marijuana industry.ResumeRadio Boston13:01Nov 18, 2019
How Mass. Cannabis Inspectors Keep A Watchful Eye Over The Legal Pot IndustryAcross Massachusetts, 15 state inspectors are charged with the task of ensuring everything at the various retail shops, grow facilities, manufacturing plants and independent labs that makes up the now...ResumeLocal Coverage07:04Nov 18, 2019
What A Judge's Ruling On Vaping Medical Marijuana Could Mean For Recreational CustomersA judge says only the Cannabis Control Commission has oversight of vaping products for medical marijuana patients -- which suggests the agency could also decide what happens with the products...ResumeLocal Coverage02:27Nov 7, 2019
Cannabis Commissioner, Local Businesses Welcome Inquiry Into Host Community AgreementsCommissioner Shaleen Title said any indication that laws governing the agreements are being enforced would be a welcome relief. Local CoverageNov 5, 2019
How One Mass. Town Learned To Love The Cannabis BusinessWhile other Massachusetts town cast a wary eye on the cannabis business, Uxbridge has embraced the burgeoning industry with open arms.ResumeLocal Coverage05:35Oct 21, 2019
'It’s Totally A Disaster': Ban On Vaping Products Frustrates Mass. BusinessesThe state's new ban on all vaping products has frustrated some local business owners, who say it will ruin their business.ResumeLocal Coverage03:43Sep 25, 2019
Baker Calls For 4-Month Ban Of All Vaping Products In Mass.The move by Gov. Charlie Baker makes Massachusetts the first U.S. state to enact a total ban on vaping sales amid growing concerns over vaping-linked illnesses and deaths.ResumeLocal Coverage01:52Sep 24, 2019