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Pot City: Massachusetts' Marijuana Hub Nears Retail Capacity As Applications Pour In Pot City: Massachusetts' Marijuana Hub Nears Retail Capacity As Applications Pour In
Pot City: Massachusetts' Marijuana Hub Nears Retail Capacity As Applications Pour In If you want to legally sell marijuana in Massachusetts's largest pro-weed community, the time for you to set up shop is running out. Massachusetts' weed hub, Worcester, is just 1 store away from hitting its self-imposed post shop limit of 15 retailers. A review of marijuana licenses and applications shows nowhere else in the state has more people seeking to open pot shops than Worcester. Worcester's early designation as the center for the new marijuana industry seems to be holding steady. Overall, it's the Massachusetts community with the second most cannabis-business-related license applic…

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by Kristin Palpini
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Weed Delivery Coming To Massachusetts Weed Delivery Coming To Massachusetts
Weed Delivery Coming To Massachusetts You can get just about anything delivered to your home in Massachusetts - except marijuana. 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…

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by Kristin Palpini
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More Options For Recreational Weed In Central Mass Coming Soon More Options For Recreational Weed In Central Mass Coming Soon
More Options For Recreational Weed In Central Mass Coming Soon A medical marijuana dispensary will start selling recreational pot to adults on Wednesday, Sept. 9. Mission Dispensary, owned by 4Front, has won approval from the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission for the Mission Dispensary and cultivation/processing facilities in Worcester to start adult-use retail and production. There will be a soft launch of the expanded business Wednesday. Mission Dispensary is located on Lincoln Street. 4Front is also expanding its business in Georgetown, Massachusetts, according to the company. 4Front is a multi-state cannabis retailer and producer of mor…

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by Kristin Palpini
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Pot Shop Hit With $120K Fine For Selling Dirty 'Star Dawg' Pot Shop Hit With $120K Fine For Selling Dirty 'Star Dawg'
Pot Shop Hit With $120K Fine For Selling Dirty 'Star Dawg' Marijuana dispensary Revolutionary Clinics of Fitchburg has been hit with a $120,000 fine for violating state law around the quality of weed vaporizer cartridges. Revolutionary Clinics sold vaporizer cartridges  - infused with a Star Dawg strain of cannabis - that failed laboratory testing, on Dec. 24, 2018, and Feb. 26, 2019, according to a June letter of enforcement from the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission. The cartridges failed because they contained too much ethanol, the CCC said.  The letter cited the dispensary on three violations of the state's cannabis laws.…

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by Kristin Palpini
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New Pot Shop Opens In Shrewsbury - Second Dispensary Opening Soon New Pot Shop Opens In Shrewsbury - Second Dispensary Opening Soon
New Pot Shop Opens In Shrewsbury - Second Dispensary Opening Soon A new marijuana dispensary opened this week in Shrewsbury. Verilife is a recreational facility that opened July 28 at 939 Boston Turnpike. A medical marijuana dispensary, The Botanist, is slated to open soon at 235 Hartford Turnpike. The launch date is yet to be set.  Planned hours are seven days a week, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Due to COVID-19 concerns, sales are by appointment only through Aug. 11. Patrons are encouraged to shop online and pick up marijuana at the store. Most Massachusetts dispensaries are requiring customers to order online and pick up their purchases later the sam…

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Three Marijuana Dispensaries Nailed with $800,000 In State Fines Three Marijuana Dispensaries Nailed with $800,000 In State Fines
Three Marijuana Dispensaries Nailed with $800,000 In State Fines Three marijuana dispensaries are facing multi-hundred-thousand dollar fines for violating pesticide and ownership laws. The Botanist, Garden Remedies, and Healthy Pharms have been assessed fines that total $800,000, according to the most recent information provided by the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission. All three marijuana entities have agreed to pay the fines and perform other remedies as required by the state. The fines were assessed by the Cannabis Control Commission, which oversees marijuana licensure in Massachusetts and conducts compliance investigations. The Botanist: Wor…

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by Kristin Palpini