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CURRENT STREET EDITION

DIG 23.02 – 1/28/21

The Tokin' Truth

WHAT ABOUT THE CHILDREN? AS LEGAL CANNABIS HAS ROLLED OUT, WE HEAR THE BATTLE CRY AGAIN… AND AGAIN…

Written by PETER C. BERNARD Posted January 1, 2020 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Talking Joints Memo, The Tokin' Truth

Retailers should not be allowed to be within 2,000 feet of a playground, daycare, school, place of worship, or statue of any historical figure.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Talking Joints Memo, The Tokin' Truth Tagged With: #mapoli, cannabis, CCC, Commonwealth, Cumberland Farms, Marijuana, Mass, Massachusetts, municipalities, Talking Joints Memo, weed

MAINE EVENT: THE VAPE BAN IS ONLY THE LATEST REASON THAT IT’S WORTH TRAVELING OUT OF MASS FOR CANNABIS

Written by MIKE CRAWFORD Posted October 3, 2019 Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed, The Tokin' Truth

"As I see this playing out, the culprit is likely to be illicit THC cartridges—the same cartridges that the DPH, however inadvertently, pushed people to use by letting big cannabis take over."

Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed, The Tokin' Truth Tagged With: cannabis, CCC, Charlie Baker, DPH, JUUL, Massachusetts, vape ban

A BIG WIN FOR SMALL CANNABIS BUSINESSES

Written by GRANT SMITH Posted September 16, 2019 Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Talking Joints Memo, The Tokin' Truth

“We have been running with very little capital, so the less wait we have, the better chance to compete in a market that was initially set up against us.”

Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Talking Joints Memo, The Tokin' Truth Tagged With: Beacon Hill, cannabis, Cannabis Control Commission, CCC, Ed DeSousa, Grant Smith, Harvest Collaborative, licensing, microbiz, microbusiness, Midnight Mass, RiverRun Gardens, Shaleen Title, SOMERVILLE, Somerville Licensing Commission, Talking Joints Memo, The Young Jurks

CANNABIS MICROBUSINESS APPLICANTS DEMAND CHANGES

Written by MIKE CRAWFORD Posted May 7, 2019 Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Talking Joints Memo, The Tokin' Truth

"We have followed all the rules set up by the Cannabis Control Commission, but in the end we are placed on the back burner while our funds are being bled dry."

Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Talking Joints Memo, The Tokin' Truth Tagged With: Beacon Hill, Beantown Greentown, Between the Rows, cannabis, Cannabis Control Commission, CCC, Deep Roots, RiverRun Gardens

THE DELIVERY MAN: HOW CANNABIS BUSTS HARM HOMEBOUND PATIENTS

Written by MIKE CRAWFORD Posted May 1, 2019 Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Talking Joints Memo, The Tokin' Truth

Grant Smith of Belmont is a disabled medical cannabis patient advocate with a unique perspective on the value that unlicensed cannabis delivery services offer homebound patients.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Talking Joints Memo, The Tokin' Truth Tagged With: Cannabis Control Commission, CCC, Grant Smith, home delivery, Massachusetts Patients for Home Delivery, MPHD, Young Jurks

VOMIT GOOD, CHRONIC BAD

Written by MIKE CRAWFORD Posted February 20, 2019 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Talking Joints Memo, The Tokin' Truth

Boston politicians may love sports parades even more than they hate weed

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Talking Joints Memo, The Tokin' Truth Tagged With: cannabis, football, Freedom Rally, MassCann, NFL, parade, Patriots, Super Bowl, vandalism, weed

IMPAIRED LAWMAKING: BAKER, DELEO, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT LOBBY FOR NEW CANNABIS OUI LAWS

Written by MIKE CRAWFORD Posted January 29, 2019 Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, The Tokin' Truth

Jesse Sugarmann, We Build Excitement (stills), 2013 digital video. Part of the Museum of Capitalism exhibition.

In the midst of the media blitz about stoned driving, one might think that at least some outlets would note another story from a couple weeks ago, “Massachusetts banned from using [alcohol] Breathalyzer test pending reforms at state police agency.”

Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, The Tokin' Truth Tagged With: #mapoli, ACLU, cannabis, Cannabis Control Commission, CCC, courts, driving, dui, lawsuits, Marijuana, Mass, Massachusetts, NHTSA, OUI

‘THE PROCESS IS NOT ADEQUATELY INVOLVING COMMUNITY’

Written by MIKE CRAWFORD Posted January 16, 2019 Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS, The Tokin' Truth

"As a public defender, I saw the effects of criminalizing marijuana."

Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS, The Tokin' Truth Tagged With: 2019, bospoli, Boston, Boston City Council, cannabis, Hyde Park, Midnight Mass, Ricardo Arroyo, Safe Injection Sites, Young Jurks

EXCERPT: ‘A WOMAN’S GUIDE TO CANNABIS’

Written by DIG STAFF Posted January 8, 2019 Filed Under: LIFESTYLE, Talking Joints Memo, The Tokin' Truth

“We should create a list of strains and products that work for each of our conditions,” said the cancer patient as they settled into their chairs. “And put it on the internet so everyone can see it.” The rest of the group murmured their approval.

Filed Under: LIFESTYLE, Talking Joints Memo, The Tokin' Truth Tagged With: Book, cannabis, ellementa, Marijuana, Massachusetts, Women, women in cannabis

‘WE NEED TO PUT OUR MONEY THERE AND NOT ON PROSECUTION’

Written by MIKE CRAWFORD Posted January 3, 2019 Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Talking Joints Memo, The Tokin' Truth

State Rep.-elect Nika Elugardo knows the dangers of illegal drug trade. "It creates violence, it perpetuates poverty, you see thousands of dollars going through in plastic baggies and meanwhile our water is getting cut off."

Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Talking Joints Memo, The Tokin' Truth Tagged With: #mapoli, Beacon Hill, Boston, cannabis, drugs, legislature, Marijuana, Nika Elugardo, State House, weed

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