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But that could soon change.
The Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission has approved draft regulations that would allow for weed delivery.
Under the proposed laws, there would be two types of cannabis companies that could do deliveries: limited delivery licenses and wholesale delivery licenses.
If approved people with wholesale delivery licenses would be allowed to purchase marijuana at wholesale prices from cultivators, cooperatives, manufacturers, and microbusinesses to sell individual orders directly to consumers. The draft regulations were approved on Thursday, Sept. 24.
For three years, the licenses will be restricted to people accepted into the state’s cannabis social justice programs a either a Certified Economic Empowerment Applicant or a Social Equity Program Participant.
This furthers “the agency’s mission of ensuring meaningful participating in the legal cannabis industry by communities that have been disproportionately harmed by marijuana prohibition,” the CCC said.
Right now, a small number of license holders are dominating the marijuana industry, the CCC said. By establishing unique laws, the commission and state politicians had attempted to avoid the newly created weed businesses being owned by a few rich people. Things have not worked out that way.
The CCC had previously proposed a “delivery only” license for marijuana distribution. The limited delivery license is an “evolution” of the delivery only one, the CCC said. Anyone who applied for delivery only will automatically have their applications moved to the limited delivery license.
The draft regulations are now going through the public comment phase. A comment session will be held on Oct. 20.
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