Written by Have you read Shaleen Title‘s article on cannabis monopolies and federal legalization? You should! It provides excellent perspective on a future national market and offers many lessons for state-level policy and regulations. Title makes eight recommendations for federal policy and enforcement (find a link to the article at the bottom). Massachusetts operators would be well-served to […]
It looks like the Commonwealth will finally see sales of (federally legal) hemp in (federally illegal) cannabis shops! it only took (1) a piece of legislation, (2) some MDAR policy changes, and (3) some CCC policy changes.It looks like the agencies found a path to selling hemp flower in marijuana retail stores by calling it […]
Is the CCC going to crack down on RVT compliance? Are your agent registrations or even your license at risk if you’re not RVT certified? Yep. Read on: If you watched the CCC meeting yesterday, you might have heard Commissioner Roy voice her dissatisfaction with the 50% (yep, fifty percent) compliance rate for RVT certification […]
Did you know that Massachusetts licensed Marijuana Retail establishments can sell cannabis clones to consumers? Yep, a Retailer may purchase clones from a licensed cultivator and sell them directly to consumers. Even though a clone is not (yet) usable marijuana, it must still be tracked in Metrc. Clones also must be tested for pesticides. There […]
If you saw our last post on Virtual Community Outreach Meetings, you know that the CCC had previously extended the Administrative Order allowing virtual COMs until September 1st, 2021. On that day, the CCC issued a new order further extending license applicant’s use of virtual Community Outreach Meetings until April 1, 2022. So even though […]
If you own a licensed business or you will be working for a licensed business, you need to understand the CCC’s agent registration requirements. Keep in mind that agent registration is specific to the each agent and each license. An agent registered for a cultivation license can only perform work authorized under that cultivation license. […]