Four charts: Increasing sales in Midwest and New England, but some declining margins
Most Midwest states and New England sales totals generally stayed flat during the summer months.
Massachusetts
Massachusetts adult regs set for major overhaul
New England’s oldest adult use cannabis market is set for a regulatory overhaul now that Massachusetts governor Charlie Baker signed a major cannabis reform bill.
Where to look for dispensary closings
We need to look at three numbers that have the rapt attention of investors and operators alike: the ratio of dispensaries in a state to population and price per pound.
How New England’s puritan attitudes aligned against weed
“Next to obscene pictures, probably no vice is so absolutely destructive of manhood as the ‘dope vice,'” said the New England Watch and Ward Society’s 1912 report.
Where are Massachusetts’ adult use retailers?
No medical treatment center, cultivator, product manufacturer, retailer, transporter, or independent testing laboratory can have more than three licenses in each category.
The origin of turning Boston’s ‘polite society’ against cannabis
Over 100 years ago, cannabis was still processed and used in a variety of ways. Back then, edible cannabis was often portrayed as dangerous and exotic in origin. Smokable cannabis was typically associated with minorities in the South.
Massachusetts Cannabis Commission enters mediation to consider possible restructuring
“It’s time to make what is implicit, explicit in terms of governance, in terms of shared responsibility between the Commission and the staff as led by the executive director. It’s just good practice.”
Bribery arrest creates new wrinkle in host impact fee debate
HCAs continue to be a point of contention in state court. The Massachusetts Cannabis Business Association recently reported that municipalities are falling short on reporting HCA fees and how they are calculated and used.
Cannabis retail sales slightly down in many Midwest, Eastern states
Industry experts like CannaBizIL executive director Pamela Althoff says May’s slight sales decrease isn’t a sign of bad things to come, but likely because workers returning to the office are consuming less cannabis than they would in the privacy of their own homes.
Massachusetts Cannabis Business Association scrutinizes impact fee reporting in new study
47 municipalities brought in over $53 million since 2018, but there was a wide range between towns.
