GFA first in Mass. to offer marijuana banking services | WBJournal.com
February 4, 2019 Focus on banking and finance – GFA first in Mass. to offer marijuana banking servicesPhoto | Zachary Comeau The Cannabis Control Commission has awarded more than 100 licenses.by Grant WelkerWhen GFA Federal Credit Union studied the Colorado recreational marijuana industry, the Gardner institution didn’t see a market a bank would easily choose…
Read MoreWhy smoking weed can get you fired in Massachusetts– even though it’s legal | US news | The Guardian
While the use of recreational marijuana is now legal some states, there is nothing prohibiting employers from letting go of workers for having it in their system Read More: Why smoking weed can get you fired in Massachusetts– even though it’s legal | US news | The Guardian
Read MoreMiddleboro to soon join “Green Rush” with town’s first marijuana dispensary
By Daniel Schemer / Contributing WriterPosted Jan 31, 2019 at 3:01 AM MIDDLEBORO — Right now, nearby cities and towns such as Wareham and Fall River are getting a lot of attention and potential tax revenue pouring in as Massachusetts’ first wave of marijuana retail sales dispensaries open shop.In Wareham, for example, business is so…
Read MoreSurvey: Massachusetts businesses not shifting on marijuana testing | Local News | gloucestertimes.com
By Colin A. Young State House News Service 23 hrs ago BOSTON — About two-thirds of Massachusetts employers test their employees or prospective employees for drug use, but only 10 percent said they plan to alter their drug testing policies now that it is legal for adults to use marijuana in Massachusetts.An Associated Industries of…
Read MoreA New England ‘patriot pot grower’ pleads guilty to running illegal marijuana grow facility in Massachusetts | masslive.com
By Patrick Johnson | pjohnson@repub.com WORCESTER — Peter Molle Jr. of Holland pleaded guilty in federal court on Wednesday to running an illegal marijuana-growing operation and money laundering.Molle, 36, admitted to two counts of manufacturing marijuana and possessing marijuana with intent to distribute, and a single count of money laundering in U.S. District Court in…
Read More♫ GROWING CANNABIS AT HOME
Brit talks to Peter Bernard, President of the MA Grower’s Advocacy Council, and Jeremy Borjeson, Founder of the Harvest Cup, about growing cannabis at home. Topics include picking strains, growers rights, and bad edible stories. Source: ♫ GROWING CANNABIS AT HOME
Read MoreMass. recreational cannabis outlook for 2019 is encouraging | PotNetwork
By Rick SchettinoJan 28, 2019 It took two years for Massachusetts to get its adult-use cannabis program up and running. But by the end of 2018, there were five recreational dispensaries in business throughout the state. First day sales added up to more than $440,000, and by the middle of December, sales had added up…
Read MoreWatch The Rejected Medical Marijuana Super Bowl Commercial: ‘Cannabis Has Given Me My Life Back’
CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS) has rejected a pro-cannabis legalization TV ad that Acreage Holdings (OTC: ACRZF), a cannabis company that counts former House Speaker John Boehner and former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld among its advisors, intended to run during the Super Bowl.CBS told Acreage’s the company “will not be accepting any ads for medical marijuana…
Read MoreMass. hands out 100th marijuana license
By Colin A. Young, State House News ServicePosted Jan 25, 2019 at 10:37 AM Updated Jan 25, 2019 at 10:41 AMMarijuana regulators licensed the 100th cannabis business in Massachusetts on Thursday and voted to move three retail stores closer to being allowed to open their doors.Among the nine final licenses approved Thursday by the Cannabis…
Read MoreMassachusetts marijuana: Sales hit $23.8 million in first two months of open retail pot shops | masslive.com
By Michelle Williams | Michelle.Williams@MassLive.comIn the first two months of recreational marijuana sales in Massachusetts, pot shops took in nearly $24 million in sales, according to data released by state regulators.The Cannabis Control Commission, the state’s marijuana regulatory agency, released the figures this week.Massachusetts opened the first retail pot shops east of the Mississippi in…
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