Retail marijuana is spreading to California, Massachusetts and Maine

Recreational marijuana sales will launch in three states next year, including the biggest one of all: California. It’s already for sale in five states, but the addition of a legal retail marijuana market in California, with its massive economy and population, will dramatically change the landscape. California is aiming to open retail marijuana stores by January … Continue reading “Retail marijuana is spreading to California, Massachusetts and Maine”

In the state of the Puritans, chance to buy pot legally moves ahead

BOSTON — Marijuana entrepreneur Jaime Lewis breathed a sigh of relief at the red tape, delays and legislative infighting as Massachusetts lawmakers fiddled with the state’s cannabis legalization plan. In the haggling, she said she saw progress. The legislative sausage-making might not have looked or felt like progress. But pot shops are coming: In July 2018, … Continue reading “In the state of the Puritans, chance to buy pot legally moves ahead”

SJC to hear case against ‘unconstitutionally vague’ medical marijuana law

The state’s medical marijuana law is unconstitutionally vague and endangers the rights of patients who grow their own weed, according to a case that the Supreme Judicial Court has agreed to hear. The case stems from the 2013 arrest of a Framingham man caught in a legal twilight zone: He was permitted by the state … Continue reading “SJC to hear case against ‘unconstitutionally vague’ medical marijuana law”