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Cannabis entrepreneurs are working to find a place in the Massachusetts market, sometimes treading on legally dubious ground. From a meet-up website that connects pot smokers with home growers to a startup that delivers $55 bottles of fruit juice with a "free gift" of marijuana, some are...

Although biomanufacturing has been a bit slow to take hold in the region, there's only optimism for the budding industry. Longtime manufacturers are still going strong and reporting strong revenues, and new and exciting players are champing at the bit to be part of the area's strong...

Marijuana enthusiasts are celebrating a year of legal Massachusetts pot this weekend in Worcester, with plans that involve rolling a 100-foot joint. It's part of the inaugural "Harvest Cup" is happening at the DCU Center on Saturday and Sunday, which is both a competition of sorts, seeking...

The Massachusetts Medical Society is offering a continuing medical education curriculum on medical marijuana. Massachusetts Medical Society President Henry Dorkin said the medical society continues to oppose both medical and recreational marijuana use. Medical marijuana became legal in...

Looks like legal weed is already sprouting new state job opportunities in Massachusetts. The Bay State plans to hire a cannabis inspector to work in its Department of Agricultural Resources. The November 3 job posting is open until the position is filled, but those applying in the first 14...

Massachusetts is looking for an inspector for the state's newest crop: marijuana. The Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources has posted a job for an agricultural inspector for cannabis. A job description posted on the state's website says it's seeking someone to enforce laws...

Sheffield farmer Ted Dobson wants to grow pot -- and he doesn't believe he needs an indoor warehouse with a state-of-the-art security system to do it. "Having protected myself from wildlife for years and, if necessary, people, no farmer's going to allow any cash crop to get stolen," Dobson...

A Denver-based marijuana party bus company wants to bring another "green line" to Massachusetts next year. Loopr is planning to expand to California, Nevada and Massachusetts, according to company website. Massachusetts legalized recreational use of marijuana in 2016, and by July 2018...

I just received my card and I am confused about the dispensaries in Mass. I would like to post a few questions and hope for the kind sharing of expertise and experience: Pricing - Are all ozs $350.00? What are the prices for mmj? Dispensaries won't tell you pricing? How do you...

A Colorado-based corporation announced it has secured $10 million in equity to build a massive cannabis cultivation and processing facility in southeastern Massachusetts. AmeriCann plans the 1 million-square-foot Massachusetts Medical Cannabis Center in Freetown, near Fall River. It could be...

Four of the five members of the board responsible for regulating marijuana in Massachusetts voted in November against allowing recreational use of the drug, leading supporters of legalization to call for assurances the panel would not try to slow implementation of the voter-approved law...

Marijuana legalization opponents will outnumber supporters four to one on the new commission that will spearhead the state's efforts to get a legal marijuana industry up and running by next summer and then regulate the newly legal market. Attorney General Maura Healey on Friday appointed...

A Democratic state senator who opposed the ballot question that legalized recreational marijuana was named Wednesday by Republican Gov. Charlie Baker to the regulatory board that will oversee the cannabis industry in Massachusetts. Sen. Jennifer Flanagan, of Leominster, is the first appointee...

Diana DiZolgio, a Massachusetts state representative from Methuen, is asking Gov. Charlie Baker to veto the bill rewriting the state's marijuana laws, arguing that the legislation doesn't go far enough in setting aside money for substance abuse issues. Lawmakers sent the bill to his desk last...

Medical marijuana users are now a protected class in Massachusetts after the state's highest court declared that workers dismissed for positive drug tests can launch anti-discrimination suits against their former employers. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court unanimously ruled on Monday...

When it comes to embarrassing political headlines, Maine is usually miles ahead of Massachusetts. That's thanks in large part to Governor Paul LePage who's known for, um, his bombastic style. But on at least one issue, Maine political observers and lobbyists say, the Pine Tree state has...

Behind closed doors, Massachusetts lawmakers are scrambling to change the new marijuana law. The main questions are how many changes they plan to make and how big they go in overhauling or tweaking the voter-approved law. A team of negotiators from the Massachusetts House and Senate has been...

Massachusetts House lawmakers are expected to take up a bill this week that would change the marijuana law endorsed by voters last November. A Massachusetts House source told MassLive.com that House lawmakers are aiming for a Thursday vote. The State House News Service, an independent wire...

Smell that? It's the scent of money. Now that recreational pot has been legalized in Massachusetts, entrepreneurs are on the brink of a billion-dollar green rush–that is, if bureaucratic fumbling and political infighting don't ruin the high. On a warm day in February, Kris Krane wants to show...