Over the last 6 months, raising capital in the cannabis market has been a lot like raising capital to buy condos during the depths of the recession.
CONDOS AND CANNABIS: THE PARALLEL CHALLENGES OF RAISING CAPITAL IN THE MARIJUANA MARKET
Talking Joints Memo
HOW THE MAD DASH FOR HOST COMMUNITY AGREEMENTS IS A WINDFALL FOR LANDLORDS (AT THE EXPENSE OF LOCAL ECONOMIC PROGRESS)
Marijuana applicants are often desperate to lock up space, willing to bid up rates well over market value in order to price out a rival.
WHAT ABOUT THE CHILDREN? AS LEGAL CANNABIS HAS ROLLED OUT, WE HEAR THE BATTLE CRY AGAIN… AND AGAIN…
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.
THE CHILL ZONE: CUMBERLAND FARMS COULD BLOW UP THE MASS CANNABIS MARKET IN 2020
With its massive network, Cumberland Farms apparently wants to sell more alcoholic beverages and has successfully placed a question on the 2020 ballot that could lift the state’s cap on the number of liquor licenses that can be owned by a single retailer, and also forge a new class of beer and wine license for food stores
AN EVENING OF INTERPRETASTING: CRAFT CANNABIS AND NON-MEDICATED GOODIES AT THE SUMMIT LOUNGE
A unique low-key middlebrow cannabis fiesta for the head, gut, and soul.
LET PATIENTS GROW: HARDSHIP MEDICAL CANNABIS CULTIVATORS IN MASS FACE ABSURD OBSTACLES
Got cancer? Tough luck. Got epilepsy? Too bad, so sad. Got chronic pain? Shut up and go eat your opiates.
AN EXPERT EXPLAINS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HAVING A CANNABIS-THEMED WEDDING AND HAVING CANNABIS AT YOUR WEDDING
"That way folks who want to consume or are curious about it can come to us, and those who want to avoid the bar don’t have to be around it."
CENTRAL MASS ROAD TRIP: THE WONDERFUL WIDE-OPEN WORLD OF WEED IN WORCESTER
Sort of like the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission, which this month packed its bags and set up shop in Worcester’s historic Union Station, we left the Hub in order to get closer to the center of the Commonwealth’s cannabis community.
HIGH BITES: THE LOW-DOSED, MULTI-COURSE MAGIC OF DOPE DINNERS
"It’s much harder than you think, and it’s important to know the science behind infusions so you don’t create a negative experience for your guests."
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE MASS BAN ON MEDICAL CANNABIS VAPES GETTING (NOT REALLY) LIFTED
"The Commission’s quarantine order does not apply to medical-use marijuana vaping devices designed exclusively for marijuana flower."
