“There needs to be a clear-cut process. The process for a white man and a black veteran woman needs to be equal.”
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.
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.
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.”
GUEST OPINION: CANNABIS HOST COMMUNITY AGREEMENTS NEED STATE HOUSE FIX
The playing field needs to be level for everyone. There needs to be a sense of fairness. Everyone should have to begin from the same starting line.
A BIG WIN FOR SMALL CANNABIS BUSINESSES
“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.”
GREEN DREAM: THE ATTEMPT TO BRING A CROWD-FUNDED CANNABIS COLLABORATIVE TO SOMERVILLE
The Harvest Collaborative is currently a joint venture between Chris Vining and Alex Coon, but if things go per their vision, they will potentially have hundreds of area partners who together own 50% of the dispensary that they hope to open.
EDIBLE DERANGEMENT: AS STATE SEEKS SOLUTIONS, BOSTON FORMALIZES GRUDGE AGAINST CANNABIS DINING
Any infused food event at a licensed premise—whether or not it is open to the public, and whether alcohol is consumed or not—is illegal, the advisory states, and violators “will be subject to disciplinary action” including a suspension or revocation of their license.
CANNABIS MICROBUSINESS APPLICANTS DEMAND CHANGES
“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.”
THE DELIVERY MAN: HOW CANNABIS BUSTS HARM HOMEBOUND PATIENTS
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.
