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CANNABIS CHAMPIONS: AN UPDATE ON THE BROCKTON FRONT

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted September 2, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Talking Joints Memo

While Brockton drags its feet on cannabis, an entrepreneur perseveres in spite of prohibitionists

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Talking Joints Memo Tagged With: #mapoli, Brockton, cannabis, Cannabis Business Association, Cannabis Control Commission, CBA, Commonwealth, Gary Leonard, Mass, Massachusetts, medical marijuana, MMA, Natural Agricultural Products, politics CCC, Steven Hoffman, weed

BLUE CRACK: WHAT’S IN A STRAIN NAME (BESIDES INSENSITIVITY AND PERHAPS ACCURACY)?

Written by CITIZEN STRAIN Posted August 25, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Talking Joints Memo

Blue Crack should be a go-to for everyday workers and artists alike. That’s my primary reason for writing this, though I’m also hoping to spur some discussion about the name.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Talking Joints Memo Tagged With: #mapoli, blue crack, cannabis, Cannabis Control Commission, CBA, Commonwealth, Mass, Massachusetts, medical marijuana, MMA, politics CCC, strain review, weed

FIELD OF GREEN: CATCHING UP WITH THE DORCHESTER DISPENSARY HOPEFULS FROM HOLISTIC HEALTH GROUP

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted August 15, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Talking Joints Memo

“You start with the application of intent, you throw your hat in the ring, and you realize how big of a thing you’re getting into."

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Talking Joints Memo Tagged With: #mapoli, cannabis, Cannabis Control Commission, Commonwealth, Dorchester, Holistic Health Group, Mass, Massachusetts, medical marijuana, Middleboro, MMA, politics CCC, weed, Worcester

GUEST OPINION: THANKS BUT NO THANKS

Written by SHALEEN TITLE Posted August 9, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Op-Ed, Talking Joints Memo

So no, absent a demonstrated commitment to improve, you may not use my name or my credibility towards repairing your damaged reputation.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Op-Ed, Talking Joints Memo Tagged With: #mapoli, cannabis, Cannabis Business Association, Cannabis Control Commission, CBA, Commonwealth, CWCBE, Mass, Massachusetts, medical marijuana, MMA, politics CCC, Roger Stone, Steven Hoffman, weed

THE END OF THE WEED AS WE KNOW IT?

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted July 1, 2018 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction, Talking Joints Memo

It’s 2012. One has to hope this changes sometime soon. Not just in New York and Mass, but from coast to coast to coast.

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction, Talking Joints Memo Tagged With: #mapoli, cannabis, Cannabis Business Association, Cannabis Control Commission, CBA, Commonwealth, Mass, Massachusetts, medical marijuana, MMA, politics CCC, Steven Hoffman, weed

KNOW THE REGS: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW WITH JUST UNDER A MONTH TO GO

Written by DIG STAFF Posted June 6, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Talking Joints Memo

A green-hot update on the applications in the Cannabis Control Commission (CCC) pipeline. You’ll have to read to the end to see if Mass will really have full retail operations up and running by July 1.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Talking Joints Memo Tagged With: #mapoli, cannabis, Cannabis Business Association, Cannabis Control Commission, CBA, Commonwealth, Mass, Massachusetts, medical marijuana, MMA, politics CCC, Steven Hoffman, weed

DISPATCH FROM THE FIRST MASS CANNABIS BUSINESS ASSOCIATION MEETING

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted May 16, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Talking Joints Memo

Whether you are in the application process to open a marijuana business in Mass, or you’re simply anticipating legal weed across the commonwealth, the comments Cannabis Control Commission Chair Steven Hoffman delivered at the first Mass Cannabis Business Association meetup, held Tuesday at the UMass Club on Beacon Hill, may offer the most insight to date into how far Mass has come on this adventure, as well as into how far we still have to go.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Talking Joints Memo Tagged With: #mapoli, cannabis, Cannabis Business Association, Cannabis Control Commission, CBA, Commonwealth, Mass, Massachusetts, medical marijuana, MMA, politics CCC, Steven Hoffman, weed

KNOW THE REGS: OPERATING VEHICLES WHILE STONED

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted May 8, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Talking Joints Memo

There have already been some battles, sure. And we heard countless lines about the dangers of stoned driving from plenty of prohibitionists while our state’s recreational cannabis law was in limbo. But that has been a minor fender bender compared to the crash between reality and ideology that lies ahead.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Talking Joints Memo Tagged With: #mapoli, cannabis, Cannabis Control Commission, Commonwealth, driving, DWI, Mass, Massachusetts, medical marijuana, MMA, motor vehicles, politics CCC, regulations, weed

WE WENT ON A FACT-FINDING MISSION TO A CALI DAB BAR

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted May 4, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Talking Joints Memo

This may be one of the first full-service cannabis clubs in Cali, at least of the fully legal kind, but it seems to have gotten it quite right already. At least from where I’m sitting, where, after selecting from an absolutely dizzying array of shatters and assorted other extracts, I melted down some of the wax I purchased in one of the three rigs waiting to facilitate a sticky situation in a relatively sterile fashion.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Talking Joints Memo Tagged With: #mapoli, Barbary Coast, California, cannabis, Cannabis Control Commission, Commonwealth, dab bar, Mass, Massachusetts, medical marijuana, MMA, politics CCC, weed

KNOW THE REGS: CULTIVATION OPPORTUNITIES

Written by ROB KATZ Posted April 24, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Talking Joints Memo

When it comes to cannabis growing in Mass, these tiers go to 11

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Talking Joints Memo Tagged With: #mapoli, cannabis, Cannabis Control Commission, Commonwealth, Mass, Massachusetts, medical marijuana, MMA, politics CCC, weed

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