The New Hampshire House has again voted to legalize recreational marijuana, this time without trying to establish a regulated commercial market for it. The bill sent to the Senate on Thursday would allow adults to possess up to 3/4 of an ounce of marijuana and to grow up to six plants. Last year, the House passed a broader bill that…

Recreational marijuana shops in Massachusetts raked in more than $420 million in sales in the first full calendar year of legalization, according to new state data. The data released this week by the state’s Cannabis Control Commission shows marijuana sales in December alone had topped $10.7 million even before Christmas. The data will be updated to show the full 2019…

Rhode Island Senate leaders said they won’t support legalizing recreational marijuana if Democratic Gov. Gina Raimondo chooses to propose it next year. Legalizing recreational marijuana for adult use will have a negative impact on the state’s youth and education is already suffering, Rhode Island Senate President Dominick Ruggerio said during an interview with Tuesday. Raimondo has said she’s likely...

The number of cities and towns opting in to legalized marijuana is slowly growing in Maine as the state gets closer to accepting applications for licenses. Gov. Janet Mills signed a bill in late June that sets up a legal framework for recreational sales. The state Office of Marijuana Policy plans to begin accepting applications for recreational marijuana business licenses...

The number of cities and towns opting in to legalized marijuana is slowly growing in Maine as the state gets closer to accepting applications for licenses. Gov. Janet Mills signed a bill in late June that sets up a legal framework for recreational sales. The state Office of Marijuana Policy plans to begin accepting applications for recreational marijuana business licenses...

Plans by a recreational marijuana dispensary to open in Hudson, Massachusetts, have not yet been authorized by town officials. Authorities there said Wednesday that Temescal Wellness hasn’t submitted and received approval of its traffic mitigation plan. The state’s Cannabis Control Commission has authorized the dispensary to begin recreational marijuana sales as early as Saturday but Hudson Police must approve the...

Plans to build a proposed marijuana cultivation facility in central Massachusetts have been dealt a major blow now that the town’s planning board has voted to deny the project. James Philbrook, Chairman of the Charlton Planning Board, confirmed to NBC10 Boston the board voted 4-0 Wednesday night on a plan by Valley Green Grow of North Andover to set up...

Customers in Massachusetts will have a chance to go to two more spots to buy legal recreational marijuana in the coming days. The Cannabis Control Commission gave I.N.S.A., Inc. of Easthampton and Verilife of Wareham to the green light to start selling recreational marijuana to adults 21 and older as early as Friday, the commission announced Monday.

Additional stores approved to open in Hudson, Pittsfield, Great Barrington and Fall River.

Tuesday, two Massachusetts stores will be the first esat of the Mississippi River to offer legal marijuana sales for recreational purposes.

A Massachusetts community is moving forward to ban recreational marijuana businesses after taking a vote Wednesday night.

Residents in Charlton, Massachusetts, will soon decide whether to ban recreational marijuana businesses.

Olga Sánchez Cordero, 71, a Mexican jurist who has served as a member of the Supreme Court of the Nation, will be the first woman to take the interior secretary position. As part of this transformation Sánchez Cordero, an advocate for abortion and same-sex marriage, has began to push in favor of the recreational use of marihuana and eventually opium...

The Cannabis Control Commission, the state board that oversees marijuana sales, will vote Monday on a recreational retail license for Leicester-based Cultivate, a company that already sells medical marijuana.

Friday marks the first day that Massachusetts regulators can issue licenses to pot shops and other businesses allowed under the voter-approved law that legalized adult use of marijuana.

Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission will begin taking applications for “priority certification” on Monday of marijuana businesses.

Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission will begin taking applications for “priority certification” on Monday of marijuana businesses.