marijuana

Missouri could become the first state to pass a voter-led effort to require courts to automatically forgive past marijuana crimes.

A compromise bill aimed at helping to grow the legal cannabis industry and making it more equitable emerged just before midnight Sunday after nearly a month of negotiations and quickly passed through both the House and Senate. The bill (S 3096) aims to promote greater diversity in the legal marijuana industry, ratchet up oversight on the host community agreements that…

The day of decisions has arrived. As Massachusetts’ senators and representatives prepare Sunday for the final formal session of the year as allowed by their joint rules, all eyes are on the five conference committees still negotiating significant policy topics that the House and Senate each have passed legislation to address: economic development, cannabis industry reforms, sports betting, mental health…

New Hampshire is the only state in New England that has yet to legalize marijuana. Lawmakers don’t share that same broad enthusiasm for legalization, from the State House to the governor’s office. Are things changing?

Days after Big Papi’s induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame, the Red Sox legend has entered the marijuana business

A Maine man who was arraigned for driving without a license and illegal possession of over a pound of marijuana was arrested again as he drove off from Massachusetts courthouse in an SUV full of 90 pounds of pot in different forms. Yves Duboc was released from Newburyport District Court Wednesday under the condition that he didn’t drive until he…

This week, the first cannabis dispensary in Boston’s Back Bay will open its doors. It is a big step for the neighborhood filled with historic brownstones and high-end shopping. NBC10 Boston was the only television station given a tour of AYR Wellness before it opens to the public. The new pot shop is steps away from the Apple store...

A Massachusetts lawyer was arrested on federal bribery and fraud charges Friday after he allegedly tried to bribe Medford’s chief of police to get a company’s marijuana business license approved. Federal prosecutors and the FBI outlined the alleged “pay-to-play scheme,” in which Somerville attorney Sean O’Donovan allegedly tried to give $25,000 to a relative of Medford’s police chief, who...

That’s a lot of parking tickets.

The student who brought the edibles to school didn’t know they contained marijuana, officials said.

Fan Controlled Football quarterback Jason Stewart was cut after he celebrated a touchdown pass by smoking a joint on the field during a game.

Rhode Island’s governor signed legislation Wednesday making the state the 19th in the nation to legalize and regulate recreational marijuana, an issue that some lawmakers have been working on for years. “Together we got this job done and we got it done right,” Democratic Gov. Dan McKee said at the bill signing ceremony on the State House steps. Rhode...

Boston Beer to launch first cannabis beverage in Canada

The state of Connecticut moved closer Tuesday toward placing tougher restrictions on marijuana advertising, including barring ads from cross-border retail cannabis establishments such as the billboard ads that have popped up along the state’s border with Massachusetts. A bill cleared the House of Representatives, by a vote of 98-48, that prevents anyone without a Connecticut cannabis-related license from advertising...

Solar Cannabis in Somerset, Massachusetts is the only 100% solar-powered commercial cannabis cultivator in the United States – but they hope others will follow.

Two central Florida women found themselves behind bars after sheriff’s deputies said they were involved with lacing food with marijuana at a February wedding. NBC affiliate WESH-TV reports Seminole County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrived at the Feb. 19 wedding of 42-year-old Danya Glenny at a Longwood venue after receiving 911 calls. “I thought I was having a heart attack. My…

4/20 is known as the high holiday, and for a Black-owned dispensary that just blazed its way into Central Square in Cambridge, there are a lot of reasons to celebrate. Yamba Market was the first recreational pot shot to open in the city. On Wednesday they held a block party to celebrate that they made it through all of the…

In a story published April 20, 2022, about marijuana banking reform, The Associated Press erroneously reported that U.S. Sen. Patty Murray held a news conference at a cannabis store near Seattle

Sean Hope, co-owner of Yamba Market, the first recreational marijuana dispensary open in Cambridge, joins Current to talk about what it takes to enter the market and how the culture around marijuana has shifted.

Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried’s lawsuit targets a federal requirement that prohibits medical marijuana users from purchasing firearms.