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Cannabis Sails Past Cranberries As Massachusetts Top Crop
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Cannabis Sails Past Cranberries As Massachusetts Top Crop

There’s no doubt that the cannabis industry is lucrative, but to what degree was possibly underestimated by some. Although not all states have legalized cannabis, experts estimate that the market c...

AlcoholMassachusetts Now Makes More Money From Cannabis Than Alcohol

Massachusetts Now Makes More Money From Cannabis Than Alcohol

Massachusetts recently revealed that it generated more tax revenue from the cannabis industry than its alcohol sector. The state made $74 million in 2020-2021, which is quite significant compared ...

alcohol taxMassachusetts Cannabis Revenue Tops Alcohol For First Time

Massachusetts Cannabis Revenue Tops Alcohol For First Time

In 2016, recreational cannabis became legal in Massachusetts, and the first sales launched on November 20, 2018. For the first time, marijuana taxes eclipsed alcohol taxes in the state. A report f...

Banking & FinanceMassachusetts Women Sentenced for Running Illegal Cannabis Delivery Service

Massachusetts Women Sentenced for Running Illegal Cannabis Delivery Service

Cannabis delivery services have grown expeditiously in recent years. During COVID-19, these delivery services offered safety and comfort for medical and recreational consumers alike. While many of...

BusinessFormer Fall River Mayor Guilty Of Cannabis Extortion & Fraud

Former Fall River Mayor Guilty Of Cannabis Extortion & Fraud

Jasiel Correia, the former mayor of Fall River, Massachusetts, solicited campaign contributions, bribes from $75,000 to $250,000 in cash, and swindled investors in his app, SnoOwl, out of at least...

BusinessMassachusetts State Supreme Court Overrides Local Bylaws To Allow Dispensary To Be For-Profit

Massachusetts State Supreme Court Overrides Local Bylaws To Allow Dispensary To Be For-Profit

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court determined that the state’s cannabis legalization law preempted Mansfield’s bylaws which required cannabis dispensaries in the town to operate as not-for-p...

adult-use cannabisMassachusetts Officially Tops $2 Billion In Cannabis Sales Since 2018

Massachusetts Officially Tops $2 Billion In Cannabis Sales Since 2018

Since the 2018 launch of their adult-use cannabis market, Massachusetts marijuana sales just topped $2 billion, according to the Cannabis Control Commission. “At close of business on Tuesday, Augu...