Pure Oasis is a first in several categories. It is the first recreational marijuana store to open in Boston. It is the first business to…
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Massachusetts
Backing every strong industry, there are individuals and organizations working behind the scenes to advocate for better rules and regulations and ensuring a business environment…
A unique feature of Massachusetts’ adult-use cannabis industry is the effort to foster “social equity” statewide. Social equity is intended to improve access to cannabis…
Massachusetts cannabis advocates rejoiced on November 8, 2016, when voters passed a ballot initiative to legalize recreational cannabis. But when the rejoicing was finished, the…
There have been times that Shanel Lindsay has been “green with envy” seeing other cannabis-focused companies raise millions of dollars in venture capital. The founder…
Thanks to the advocacy efforts of cannabis entrepreneurs in Massachusetts, businesses owned by women and minorities will now receive priority review of their licensing applications…
As more states legalize cannabis, the relationship between employers and an employee’s legal cannabis use grows increasingly uncertain.
Prospective adult-use cannabis operators in Massachusetts cannot pay lip service to diversity if they want to be awarded a permit. In late April, the Massachusetts…
As the clock ticked down to the opening of adult-use cannabis sales in the commonwealth of Massachusetts on July 1, there were still major questions…
Barring any last-minute surprises, adults in Massachusetts will be able to purchase marijuana in licensed retail establishments beginning July 1. The state’s Cannabis Control Commission…