Sales booming at Massachusetts recreational cannabis stores – Marijuana Business Daily
About a week after opening, sales are going strong at the first two businesses in Massachusetts allowed to sell recreational marijuana. The two stores sold more than $2.2 million worth of cannabis products during the first five days they were open for business, according to figures released Tuesday by the Cannabis Control Commission. New England…
Read MoreMassachusetts marijuana: Here’s how much the retail stores made in five days of sales | masslive.com
By Gintautas Dumciusgdumcius@masslive.comThe two Massachusetts marijuana retail stores pulled in $2.2 million in gross sales, according to data released by the state Cannabis Control Commission.The commission released five days’ worth of data, based on sales at Cultivate in Leicester and New England Treatment Access (NETA) in Northampton, the first marijuana retail stores to open east…
Read More‘We’re in hell;’ Leicester residents raise traffic concerns after first week of recreational marijuana sales | masslive.com
By Jacqueline TemperaJTempera@masslive.comOn the first day of legal recreational marijuana sales in Massachusetts, Marc Castonguay, a 57-year-old man who lives with disabilities had to cancel his monthly doctor’s appointment.”I couldn’t even leave my yard because there were so many cars,” Castonguay, who lives on Main Street in Leicester – less than a mile from Cultivate,…
Read MoreMassachusetts regulators give more recreational pot shops the OK to open
Three more adult recreational marijuana retailers have received final licenses that will allow them to open, which may provide some relief for residents and officials in Leicester and Northampton, where the first two such shops opened last week.According to the state Cannabis Control Commission, final marijuana retailer licenses have been issued to Alternative Therapies Group…
Read MoreNETA in Northampton still busy with recreational marijuana sales
NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (WWLP) – Almost a week after NETA began selling recreational marijuana, long lines and increased traffic continues in Northampton.NETA officials said they have been working closely with Northampton police this past week to make sure things run smoothly. According to NETA’s Director of Operational Compliance Amanda Rositano there have been no problems. Read…
Read MoreSolurge Inc. latest proposed Massachusetts marijuana company to seek permit in Holyoke | masslive.com
By Mike Plaisancemplaisance@repub.comHOLYOKE — A proposal to open a facility that would make and dispense medical and recreational marijuana at 650 Beaulieu St. will be considered Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. by a City Council committee at City Hall.The Ordinance Committee will discuss Solurge Inc.’s application for a special permit, the local approval needed for a…
Read MorePot shops may be open, but you can still be fired over weed | Boston Herald
BOSTON — The long-awaited opening of the first recreational marijuana stores in Massachusetts was cheered by cannabis enthusiasts and entrepreneurs, but it doesn’t change the reality that workers can be fired or face disciplinary action from employers for marijuana, even when they use pot outside work, on their own time. Also, you can still lose…
Read MoreMarty Walsh plans slow go giving Boston licenses | Boston Herald
Dozens of pot industry firms want to open business in Boston, Mayor Martin J. Walsh said, pledging that the city will “get it right,” while one city councilor cautioned against handing out too many licenses.“I think we have over 50 applicants right now in the city that are filed for various types of marijuana facilities,…
Read MoreCommission: Over $440K spent on pot products on first day of sales
BOSTON —The Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission said people spent more than $440,000 on products at the two new marijuana retail stores opened in Leicester and Northampton Tuesday.In all, more than 10,000 individual items were sold.AdvertisementThat includes packages of edibles and single sales of measured marijuana.There is a 20 percent state tax on all products sold,…
Read MoreNew recreational marijuana stores to open ‘every couple of weeks’ in Massachusetts | masslive.com
By State House News ServiceWhile hundreds braved the cold rain and snow Tuesday for the chance to legally buy marijuana, the Cannabis Control Commission was back to work processing more than a dozen additional cannabis business applications as it continues to ramp up the industry.Though only two retail stores began selling non-medical marijuana Tuesday, the…
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