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DIG 23.02 – 1/28/21

TALKING JOINTS MEMO: HEADLINES (8.2.17)

Written by DIG STAFF Posted August 1, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS

 

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COMMONWEALTH CROP REPORT

 

Breaking Down The Changes To Mass. Recreational Marijuana Bill (WBUR)

 

Marijuana in Massachusetts: Here are the first appointees to a key advisory panel (MassLive)

 

What’s in the Mass. marijuana law signed by Gov. Baker? (My Fox Boston)

 

Rewriting the pot law was a breeze compared to what comes next (Boston Globe)

 

Watch state Ganja Gang as it grows like a weed (Boston Herald)

 

Activists cheer pot bill provision allowing previously convicted to work in industry (Boston Globe)

 

Senate President Stan Rosenberg Defends Legality Of Marijuana Compromise Bill (WGBH)

 

Pot overhaul could face legal challenges (Salem News)

 

Smokescreen over pot panel worries backers (Boston Herald)

 

Massachusetts Cannabis Overhaul Could Prompt Legal Challenge (Leafly)

 

Legal marijuana bill finally reaches Gov. Baker’s desk (Metro)

 

Where would the money from recreational marijuana sales tax go? (WWLP)

 

Mass. doctors group hashes out cannabis curriculum (Boston Business Journal)

 

Pitfalls abound as state readies pot oversight agency (Boston Globe)

 

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker to sign bill rewriting state’s marijuana laws on Friday (MassLive)

 

Marijuana decision opens door to troubling implications (Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly)

 

PROHIBITIONIST WATCH

 

Boston doctor researching unusual marijuana-related illness (My Fox Boston)

 

Editorial: Through the haze of legal pot sales (T&G)

 

Editorial: Problematic pot law (Boston Herald)

 

Imagine what CBO-style analysis could do for marijuana in Mass (Boston.com)

 

BIG NEWS

 

Medical marijuana discrimination case can move forward, SJC rules (My Fox Boston)

 

MORE BIG NEWS

 

Massachusetts Medical Society launches Comprehensive Cannabis Curriculum series for doctors (Massachusetts Medical Society)

 

ROAD RUNNER

 

ACTON

  • Eldridge votes to pass comprehensive marijuana legislation (Wicked Local)

 

AUBURN

  • Auburn selectmen vote to approve marijuana facility (T&G)

 

BOSTON

  • Boston cops make drug bust in Dorchester; seize loaded .45 handgun, pot, and more than $7K (Boston Globe)

 

BRIDGEWATER

  • Bridgewater’s medical pot facility clean, and green (Wicked Local)

 

BROOKLINE

  • Two arrested for robbing a man of his marijuana at gunpoint in Brookline (Boston Globe)

 

CAMBRIDGE

  • Husband of former Ariad exec indicted for insider trading

 

CAPE COD

  • Dangers are greater in banning pot shops (Cape Cod Times)

 

  • Locals express growing concern over ‘Walmarts of weed’ (Boston Herald)

 

  • Medical pot access on Cape remains limited (Cape Cod Times)

 

FRAMINGHAM

  • Framingham voters could see pot ballot question in November (MetroWest Daily News)

 

HADLEY

  • Windows smashed at soon-to-be marijuana growing facility in Western Massachusetts (MassLive)

 

HAVERHILL

  • Sen. Ives’ Amendments Shape New Marijuana Bill Before Governor (WHAV)

 

MANSFIELD

  • Mansfield concert-goer charged with driving after ingesting edible marijuana (Sun Chronicle)

 

HOLYOKE

  • Moratorium on recreational marijuana retailers set for Holyoke Council vote (MassLive)

 

MELROSE

  • Melrose opens door to medical marijuana dispensaries (Wicked Local Melrose)

 

METHUEN

  • Mass. Lawmaker Diana DiZoglio Urges Gov. Charlie Baker to Veto Marijuana Law Rewrite (MassLive)

 

MILTON

  • Marijuana business ban on Milton meeting warrant (Patriot Ledger)

 

NORWELL

  • Marijuana dispensary struggles, but still plans to open

 

SALEM

  • Dispensary brings in $331K for Salem

 

WALTHAM

  • Three Tecochill Water Chillers sold to Massachusetts Cannabis Cultivation Facility

 

WOBURN

  • Woburn’s Courtagen discloses layoffs as it shifts focus to marijuana tests

 

HIGH NEIGHBOR

 

CONNECTICUT

  • Cooking With Cannabis (New Haven Independent)

 

MAINE

  • Maine legislative panel mulls raising 10 percent tax on marijuana (Fox News)

 

  • Marijuana Shop Promises Free Weed to Clean Up Maine City (Cannabis Now)

 

  • What Maine’s Recreational Marijuana Market Will Look Like (Bangor Daily News)

 

  • Maine mulls raising its 10 percent tax on marijuana (Boston.com)

 

NEW HAMPSHIRE

  • Tuftonboro police chief fires back at pot lobby (Union Leader)

 

  • Sununu Signs Marijuana Decriminalization Bill

 

  • Manchester Police Seeing Rise in Synthetic Marijuana Overdoses

 

RHODE ISLAND

  • Narragansett police shut down marijuana grow, seize hundreds of plants (WPRI)

 

NATIONAL NUGGETS

 

Ex-Jets Player Sues Jeff Sessions to Legalize Marijuana (New York Post)

 

Sessions vs The Senate: Committee Votes to Uphold MMJ Protections (Cannabis Now)

 

Sessions vs The Senate: Committee Votes to Uphold MMJ Protections (Cannabis Now)

 

Drone carrying cellphone, marijuana crashes in prison yard (My Fox Boston)

 

Could job protection for medical marijuana patients happen in California? (OC Register)

 

DEA solicited applications to grow marijuana for research. It hasn’t approved one (STAT)

 

Neighborhood tensions arise as residents learn of plans for medical marijuana dispensaries (Baltimore Sun)

 

Trading veggies for herb: Produce grower planting cannabis in million-square-foot greenhouse (The Cannabist)

 

On A Boat? Cannabis is Still Illegal, US Coast Guard Says (Leafly)

 

CANNABIZ CORNER

 

This Machine Will Tell You How Strong Your Weed Is In One Minute (The Fresh Toast)

 

These five people will help oversee Mass. recreational marijuana industry (Boston Business Journal)

 

An Abandoned Pepsi Factory is Being Turned into a Massive Marijuana Grow (Business Insider)

 

Colorado’s government raking in cash after legalizing pot (WKBW-TV)

 

What Does Net Neutrality Mean for Legal Cannabis? (Cannabis Now)

 

Best Practices: Cannabis Executives Share Social Media Advice (Forbes)

 

Boston startup dives into marijuana industry with high-tech sensor to weed out impurities (Boston Globe)

 

Colorado’s Legal Cannabis Revenue Hits the $500 Million Mark (Cannabis Now)

 

Ohio employers confront marijuana use (Crain’s Cleveland Business)

 

Buy a millennial a beer. Their distaste for a cold one is a threat to the industry (News Tribune)

 

NEW EVENTS

 

WHO: Cannabis Society

 

  • WHAT: Toasty Tuesdays Cannabis Networking

 

  • WHEN: Tuesday, August 8, 6pm-8pm

 

  • WHERE: CIC Boston Lighthouse West, 50 Milk St., 20th Floor, Boston

 

  • WHY:  “This is not your typical networking event. You never know who will show up to a Cannabis Society Toasty Tuesday. This will be the first Toasty Tuesday following the legislative compromise on marijuana with unparalled networking opportunities. Investors, professionals looking to enter the cannabis industry, and participants in the new industry will be out in force.”

 

DIG STAFF

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