Massachusetts Hits $10 Billion Marijuana Sales Milestone, With Top Official Saying Consumption Lounges Will Bolster Industry In 2026
Massachusetts reached a marijuana sales milestone in 2025, with $1.65 billion in adult-use sales for the year—bringing the state’s total legal cannabis purchases to over $10 billion since the recreational market launched, officials announced on Thursday. A top regulator also said that the forthcoming addition of social consumption lounges could give the industry a further […]
Massachusetts Officials Will Review Complaint That Anti-Marijuana Campaign ‘Fraudulently’ Collected Signatures For Ballot Initiative
Massachusetts election officials have scheduled a hearing to investigate a complaint challenging the signature gathering process for a proposed ballot initiative to roll back the state’s marijuana law. This comes about two weeks after the Secretary of the Commonwealth’s Elections Division confirmed that the anti-cannabis campaign collected enough valid signatures to send the measure to […]
Massachusetts Bill To Double Marijuana Possession Limit And Revise Regulatory Framework Heads To Conference Committee
Massachusetts lawmakers have assembled a bicameral conference committee to reach a deal on a bill that would double the legal marijuana possession limit for adults and revise the regulatory framework for the state’s adult-use cannabis market. After the Senate passed an amended version of the legislation in November, the House pushed back against the changes. […]
Massachusetts Lawmakers Vote To Legalize Psilocybin And Establish Framework For Therapeutic Access
“Law enforcement officers, first responders and veterans carry real trauma, and too many run out of options.” By Jack Gorsline, Psychedelic State(s) of America In a historic move on Friday, the Massachusetts Joint Committee on Public Health voted to advance two pivotal pieces of legislation regarding psilocybin, marking a significant shift in the state’s approach […]
Florida Is Fighting to Legalize Adult-Use Cannabis While Massachusetts Moves to Ban It All Over Again: What’s Going On?
Massachusetts fights to keep legal weed while Florida battles to win it. For years, the story of cannabis reform sounded linear. Voters legalize, regulators build a system, the market matures, everyone moves on. But that story is starting to glitch. In Massachusetts, opponents are trying to yank the plug on a $1.6 billion adult-use market […]