A November 2026 Massachusetts ballot question funded largely by Smart Approaches to Marijuana could end the state’s $1.6 billion adult-use cannabis market, ban home grow and put an estimated 27,000 jobs at risk. The industry is mobilizing to fight back.
The Bay State finally approved social consumption, but the real work starts now.
As Florida advances a new legalization amendment, a repeal coalition in Massachusetts works to place a 2026 question that would dismantle the state’s entire adult-use industry.
Following strong public comments from local cannabis advocates and patients in Martha’s Vineyard, the Cannabis Control Commission now permits cannabis products to be delivered between Massachusetts and local islands.
Massachusetts lawmakers say legislation to regulate intoxicating hemp products will not be ready before the end of the legislative session next month.
The waters of the Vineyard Sound fall under federal jurisdiction, so delivery of cannabis products is currently illegal.
Employees at Cresco in Massachusetts were among the first in the U.S. to exit organized labor.
A Massachusetts joint legislative committee held a hearing to consider a proposal to legalize the therapeutic use of certain natural psychedelics.
After a Massachusetts-based cannabis lawsuit was dismissed in January, the companies decided to introduce a new court filing.
Other states should follow Massachusetts’ lead.
An airline passenger traveling from Africa to the United States was stopped at an airport in Boston with somewhat unusual items included in his luggage: the mummified remains of four African monkeys, a rare illegal delicacy known as “bushmeat.”
The lawsuit was initially filed late last year, but experts believe it could potentially reach the supreme court.
A November 2026 Massachusetts ballot question funded largely by Smart Approaches to Marijuana could end the state’s $1.6 billion adult-use cannabis market, ban home grow and put an estimated 27,000 jobs at risk. The industry is mobilizing to fight back.
The Bay State finally approved social consumption, but the real work starts now.
As Florida advances a new legalization amendment, a repeal coalition in Massachusetts works to place a 2026 question that would dismantle the state’s entire adult-use industry.
Following strong public comments from local cannabis advocates and patients in Martha’s Vineyard, the Cannabis Control Commission now permits cannabis products to be delivered between Massachusetts and local islands.
Massachusetts lawmakers say legislation to regulate intoxicating hemp products will not be ready before the end of the legislative session next month.
The waters of the Vineyard Sound fall under federal jurisdiction, so delivery of cannabis products is currently illegal.
Employees at Cresco in Massachusetts were among the first in the U.S. to exit organized labor.
A Massachusetts joint legislative committee held a hearing to consider a proposal to legalize the therapeutic use of certain natural psychedelics.
After a Massachusetts-based cannabis lawsuit was dismissed in January, the companies decided to introduce a new court filing.
Other states should follow Massachusetts’ lead.
An airline passenger traveling from Africa to the United States was stopped at an airport in Boston with somewhat unusual items included in his luggage: the mummified remains of four African monkeys, a rare illegal delicacy known as “bushmeat.”
The lawsuit was initially filed late last year, but experts believe it could potentially reach the supreme court.
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