A bill that would change the voter-approved law is expected by the end of the month. The law established a 3.75 percent tax rate on marijuana sales, on top of the state’s 6.25 percent sales tax. Cities or towns have the ability to add their own 2 percent tax as well. Source: Marijuana Activists Say […]
Home growing is becoming a big business in Massachusetts. At NECANN vendors were selling light kits, grow tents, soil and cultivation kits which can run from a few hundred to a few thousand dollars. In Massachusetts, it’s still illegal to sell marijuana without a license. The law sets the limit on how many plants you […]
Voters in Westwood (MA) have decided resoundingly to prohibit recreational marijuana businesses in the town, joining a growing number of communities that have outlawed the legal operations within their town borders. Source: Westwood joins growing number in banning marijuana shops – The Boston Globe
As officials work to [lift a ban on] medical marijuana sales in the city, they are taking a different approach to the sale of recreational marijuana. A ballot question in November will ask voters if they want to ban the sale of recreational marijuana in the city. The statewide recreational marijuana initiative passed last November, but […]
Massachusetts collects more than $7 million from marijuana in 2016 As of Jan. 31, 2017 nearly 40,000 patients had been certified for a medical marijuana card and paid a fee of $50, which needs to be renewed each year. Fees for patients, doctors and medical facilities added up to more than $7 million in the […]
The Legislature’s Joint Committee on Marijuana Policy, considered a number of issues related to the implementation of recreational marijuana in Mass. on Monday. State Rep. Shaunna O’Connell, R-Taunton proposed a bill, H.3194, that would add recreational marijuana to a list of items that welfare recipients are prohibited from using cash benefits to buy. That list already includes […]
Legal weed in North America is expected to reach $22.6 billion in revenue in 2021. But many won’t be spending their money on marijuana the way they do today. Recreational cannabis spending is expected to outpace medical marijuana sales for the first time in 2019, according to a comprehensive new report from Arcview Market Research. While recreational […]
A new analysis projects that the legal marijuana market in Massachusetts will generate $64 million in state tax revenue in its first year. Retail marijuana sales are now slated to begin on July 1, 2018 after lawmakers pushed the date out by six months to allow for more time to establish regulations. The law, approved by 54 […]
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Hearings on Massachusetts’ recreational marijuana begin in the Statehouse in Boston today, where lawmakers will mull potential changes to the voter-approved legislation legalizing marijuana use among adults and paving the way for commercial sale of the drug. Source: Recreational marijuana takes center stage in Massachusetts Statehouse hearings Monday | masslive.com
