• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • HOME
  • NEWS+OPINIONS
    • NEWS TO US
    • COLUMNS
      • APPARENT HORIZON
      • DEAR READER
      • Close
    • LONGFORM FEATURES
    • OPINIONS
    • EDITORIAL
    • Close
  • ARTS+ENTERTAINMENT
    • FILM
    • MUSIC
    • COMEDY
    • PERFORMING ARTS
    • VISUAL ARTS
    • Close
  • DINING+DRINKING
    • EATS
    • SIPS
    • BOSTON BETTER BEER BUREAU
    • Close
  • LIFESTYLE
    • CANNABIS
      • TALKING JOINTS MEMO
      • Close
    • WELLNESS
    • GTFO
    • Close
  • STUFF TO DO
  • TICKETS
  • ABOUT US
    • ABOUT
    • MASTHEAD
    • ADVERTISE
    • Close

Dig Bos

The Dig - Greater Boston's Alternative News Source

Cannabis Control Commission

Mass Bill Would Establish Internal Audit Unit Within Cannabis Control Commission

Written by AMY BENDER Posted February 2, 2023 Filed Under: Cannabis, Talking Joints Memo

“Shall monitor the quality, efficiency and integrity of the commission’s operations, including but not limited to …”

Filed Under: Cannabis, Talking Joints Memo Tagged With: cannabis, Cannabis Control Commission, news, regulation, Worcester

THE ROAD TO HOME DELIVERY PT. 6: UNDERSTANDING CONTROVERSIES AT A HISTORICAL LEVEL

Written by DAVID RABINOVITZ Posted January 25, 2021 Filed Under: Cannabis, Talking Joints Memo

The law of supply and demand takes on outsized importance, to the detriment of thinner wallets

Filed Under: Cannabis, Talking Joints Memo Tagged With: cannabis, Cannabis Control Commission, Massachusetts

HOW WE GOT TO CANNABIS HOME DELIVERY IN MASS

Written by DAVID RABINOVITZ Posted December 17, 2020 Filed Under: Cannabis, Talking Joints Memo

The long road to the controversial new cannabis license class.

Filed Under: Cannabis, Talking Joints Memo Tagged With: cannabis, Cannabis Control Commission, economic empowerment and social equity program, home delivery

CANNABIS CONTROL COMMISSION ROLLS OUT NEW REGULATIONS

Written by SHIRA LAUCHAROEN Posted December 1, 2020 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Changes for medical use and deliveries are to take effect.

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Cannabis Control Commission, medical marijuana, regulations, Shaleen Title

NONI GOLDMAN OF FOUR TREES PUSHES FOR SOCIAL CONSUMPTION IN HOLYOKE

Written by MIKE CRAWFORD Posted March 3, 2020 Filed Under: Talking Joints Memo

Noni Goldman got into the cannabis industry in 2016 with a 50,000-square-foot greenhouse. With a background in supply chain management and agriculture, she says it “seemed like a cool thing to look into,” but “coming from a conservative family, it was definitely ...  read more

Filed Under: Talking Joints Memo Tagged With: #mapoli, cannabis, Cannabis Control Commission, CCC, economic empowerment, Holyoke, Marijuana, microbusiness, social consumption, social equity, Talking Joints Memo, western Mass, Young Jurks

THE CANOPY ECONOMY: WHERE CANNABIS OVER-CAPACITY MEETS THE FUNERAL INDUSTRY

Written by DAVID RABINOVITZ Posted February 19, 2020 Filed Under: COLUMNS, LIFESTYLE, Talking Joints Memo

Recompose perfected a process where the recently deceased body is cleaned, wrapped in a shroud, and placed in a tube on a soft bed of wood chips, straw, nitrogen, and alfalfa sprouts.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, LIFESTYLE, Talking Joints Memo Tagged With: Beacon Hill, burial, cannabis, Cannabis Control Commission, CCC, death, funeral industry, human composting, Massachusetts, Recompose, Seattle

BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE: THE MASS HOST COMMUNITY AGREEMENT FIASCO REARS ITS UGLY HEAD AGAIN

Written by DAVID RABINOVITZ Posted January 28, 2020 Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Empty storefronts don’t employ staff; there’s no one to purchase coffee, gas, lunch, or snacks from local merchants.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: alking Joints Memo Tagged With: Beacon Hill, Beantown Greentown, Between the Rows, cannabis, Cannabis Control Commission, CCC, Deep Roots, host community agreement, municipal, RiverRun Gardens, towns, zoning

NEW YEAR’S REVOLUTION: OUTRAGE, FRUSTRATION SHUT DOWN CANNABIS CONTROL COMMISSION

Written by Posted January 15, 2020 Filed Under: News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Talking Joints Memo

"There needs to be a clear-cut process. The process for a white man and a black veteran woman needs to be equal.”

Filed Under: News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Talking Joints Memo Tagged With: Beacon Hill, cannabis, Cannabis Control Commission, CCC, equity, Protest, Worcester

HOW THE MAD DASH FOR HOST COMMUNITY AGREEMENTS IS A WINDFALL FOR LANDLORDS (AT THE EXPENSE OF LOCAL ECONOMIC PROGRESS)

Written by DAVID RABINOVITZ Posted January 13, 2020 Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Talking Joints Memo

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.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Talking Joints Memo Tagged With: Beacon Hill, Beantown Greentown, Between the Rows, cannabis, Cannabis Control Commission, CCC, Deep Roots, host community agreement, municipal, RiverRun Gardens, towns, zoning

LET PATIENTS GROW: HARDSHIP MEDICAL CANNABIS CULTIVATORS IN MASS FACE ABSURD OBSTACLES

Written by PETER C. BERNARD Posted December 15, 2019 Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Talking Joints Memo

Got cancer? Tough luck. Got epilepsy? Too bad, so sad. Got chronic pain? Shut up and go eat your opiates.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Talking Joints Memo Tagged With: cannabis, Cannabis Control Commission, caregivers, CCC, growing, homegrow, John Carmichael, question 4, Talking Joints Memo, Young Jurks

  • Go to page 1
  • Go to page 2
  • Go to page 3
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Go to page 5
  • Go to Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

LOCAL EVENTS

AAN Wire


Most Popular

  • AG Investigating BPD To Determine If “Gang Unit” Engages In “Unconstitutional Policing”
  • Over Yondr: Are Cell Phone Pouches At Shows Liberating, Dangerous, Or Annoying?
  • Deep Cuts Brings Sandwiches, Craft Beer, And Live Music To Medford
  • Family Of Woman Killed By Commuter Rail Sues MBTA For Crash Records
  • Daring Greatly: TikTok Star Alden McWayne (aka Gucci Pineapple) On Scheming And Dreaming

Footer

Social Buttons

DigBoston facebook DigBoston Twitter DigBoston Instagram

Masthead

About

Advertise

Customer Service

About Us

DigBoston is a one-stop nexus for everything worth doing or knowing in the Boston area. It's an alt-weekly, it's a website, it's an email blast, it's a twitter account, it's that cool party that you were at last night ... hey, you're reading it, so it's gotta be good. For advertising inquiries: sales@digboston.com To reach editorial (and for inquiries about internship opportunities): editorial@digboston.com