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Cannabis Control Commission

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 ERVING JEAN-JACQUES 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 and GEORGE W. HIGHTOWER 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

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE MASS BAN ON MEDICAL CANNABIS VAPES GETTING (NOT REALLY) LIFTED

Written by GRANT SMITH Posted November 13, 2019 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Op-Ed, Talking Joints Memo

"The Commission’s quarantine order does not apply to medical-use marijuana vaping devices designed exclusively for marijuana flower."

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Op-Ed, Talking Joints Memo Tagged With: cannabis, Cannabis Control Commission, CCC, Charlie Baker, DPH, JUUL, Massachusetts, medical marijuana, vape ban

GUEST OPINION: CANNABIS HOST COMMUNITY AGREEMENTS NEED STATE HOUSE FIX

Written by PETER C. BERNARD Posted November 13, 2019 Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed, Talking Joints Memo

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.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed, Talking Joints Memo Tagged With: Beacon Hill, cannabis, Cannabis Control Commission, CCC, feds, host agreements, municipalities, regulations, SOMERVILLE, Somerville Licensing Commission, Talking Joints Memo

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