Mass. plans for parity between adult-use and medical cannabis may not include social equity
Overhaul plans for the state’s medical cannabis laws may not include the same social equity provisions as adult-use.
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Common story: Small entrepreneur hindered by cannabis’ banking limits
Heller’s crowdfunding experience was just one more way small cannabis entrepreneurs are stymied by banking and payment rules.
Metrc COO on cannabis tracking and data gathering
Rather than act as a central storage repository for the data, Koski said that Metrc provides state governments with the tools to monitor their own databases that the state operators report to.
More Massachusetts testing labs will need greater uniformity, says lab chief
“If a second lab out there provides lower fail rates overall, then of course, operationally, financially, it makes a lot of sense to move to a laboratory which finds fewer problems in the samples that come in.”
Massachusetts looking to continue its role as cannabis regulation leader in 2022
Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission Chair Steven Hoffman plans for his agency to set a regional, if not national, regulatory standard.
Cannabis cultivation feels the sting of national labor shortage
Massachusetts cannabis cultivators are dealing with a labor shortage, but the market for employers could get a lot tighter in 2022.
Construction companies are learning and growing alongside their cannabis clients
More companies want specialized facilities to cultivate, package, and process their products. This has opened up a big opportunity for construction firms.
Mass. consumers turn noses up to low-THC product, demand stronger cannabis, say operators
Consumers have a strong preference for strong cannabis in Massachusetts, making it more difficult for cultivators in the wholesale market to move product with lower THC concentrations.
Non-social equity companies are working their way into Mass. delivery market
Cannabis delivery is supposed to be reserved for social equity applicants in Mass., but larger companies are finding a way.
Another Mass. dispensary challenges required community impact fees
One more Massachusetts cannabis company challenged the validity of required community impact fees as dispensary Happy Valley filed suit against the City of Gloucester.
