Report: Massachusetts Cannabis Social Equity Fund At $0 Year After Launch
A fund created by Massachusetts state lawmakers last year to subsidize equity-owned cannabis businesses there remains empty, according to a report. Boston Business Journal reports that a “bill passed...
View ArticleAnnouncing The High Times Cannabis Cup Massachusetts: People’s Choice Edition...
2023 marks the third year that our High Times Cannabis Cup: People’s Choice Edition has been held in Massachusetts. Soon, starting between Oct. 9-11, we’ll be conducting our behind-the-scenes...
View ArticleMassachusetts Cannabis Control Commission Audit Results Published
An audit on the Massachusetts cannabis industry recently revealed that the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission (CCC) allowed millions in possibly unsafe cannabis products to be sold to...
View ArticleMassachusetts Cannabis Businesses File Lawsuit Against the U.S. Attorney General
A handful of cannabis companies recently initiated a lawsuit with U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland regarding the negative effects of federal prohibition, which hinders their business. According...
View ArticleMassachusetts Governor Unveils Veterans Psychedelics Research Bill
Massachusetts Governor Maura T. Healey last week filed legislation to increase benefits and modernize services for the state’s military veterans that includes a proposal to study the medical benefits...
View ArticleSmoker Sesh App Wins Cannabis Start-Up Competition at Boston University
In last week’s seventh annual Cannabis Start-Up Competition at Boston University (BU) in Massachusetts, on the same night Ohio became the 24th state to legalize adult-use cannabis, a stoner-friendly...
View ArticleCDC Report Confirms First Case of MJ Employee Death From Occupational Asthma
Almost two years following the death of a 27-year-old worker in a Massachusetts cannabis production facility, state and federal investigators said that work-related occupational asthma was the cause...
View ArticleJudge Blocks Suspended Massachusetts Cannabis Commission Chair’s Hearing
In September, Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission Treasurer Deborah Goldberg suspended Chairwoman Shannon O’Brien from her position, just a year after she was chosen to take on the role. Three...
View ArticleeBay Fined Millions for Employees Who Sent Live Spiders, Cockroaches to Mass....
Online retailer eBay will incur a multi-million-dollar court-ordered payout to avoid further criminal prosecution after eBay employees terrorized a Massachusetts couple who published a critical...
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The Winners of the High Times Cannabis Cup Massachusetts: People’s Choice...
Many of Massachusetts’ most exquisite cannabis products are smoked or consumed, but few are chosen. Cannabis Cups showcase the best cannabis products around, and the ones that really stood out rose...
View ArticleMassachusetts Cannabis Business Owners’ Lawsuit Against the U.S. Government...
The saga continues for four Massachusetts-based business owners who filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Justice Department in an attempt to overturn cannabis prohibition. The plaintiffs include owners of...
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Mummified Monkey Remains Confiscated at Boston Airport
The dehydrated and mummified remains of four monkeys were confiscated by airport security in Boston last month. According to a press release from United States Customs and Border Protection, a...
View ArticleMassachusetts Governor Announces Plan To Pardon Cannabis Misdemeanors
Calling it a “nation-leading effort,” Massachusetts Gov. Maura T. Healey on Wednesday announced her intention to take executive action to pardon misdemeanor marijuana possession convictions in the...
View ArticleNew Cannabis Lawsuit Filed Against Federal Government
Last year in October, a group of cannabis companies filed a federal lawsuit claiming that a federal ban on cannabis is unconstitutional, but the suit was dismissed in January. On Friday, March 15, a...
View ArticleMassachusetts Lawmakers Consider Psychedelics Therapy Legalization Bill
Massachusetts legislators held a joint legislative committee hearing last week to consider an initiative to legalize the therapeutic use of natural psychedelics. At the hearing, lawmakers heard from...
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