Articles tagged with "adult-use cannabis"

Maine lawmakers want to double the recreational marijuana sales tax to 20 percent. The Legislature’s marijuana legalization committee will consider the issue Sept. 26.

The newly appointed board that will regulate marijuana in Massachusetts met publicly for the first time Tuesday, more than 10 months after voters voted to legalize recreational cannabis.

With adult-use cannabis sales set to become legal on Jan. 1, cities across California continue to hash out local rules and regulations for industry.

Frank Hawkins didn’t set out to be in the marijuana business in the town where he grew up and later became a city councilman. He resisted it at first.

For legalization opponents eager to see regulated cannabis markets fail, a new government report out of Washington state doesn’t yield much in the way of talking points.

Vermont Gov. Phil Scott on Thursday signed an executive order establishing a Marijuana Advisory Commission that will study the best way to legalize adult-use cannabis.

Law enforcement officials and drug-policy experts took sharply differing stands Wednesday on whether Illinois should legalize general use of marijuana.

The state’s top marijuana regulator pledged to implement Massachusetts’ recreational cannabis law and do his best to meet an ambitious timetable for licensing and opening retail stores.

Steven Hoffman is a former partner at Bain and Co., where he headed the firm’s Boston office. By law, officials must appoint three more people by Friday.

The state Tax Commission voted unanimously to uphold an earlier decision to expand licensing to those other than liquor distributors because they have been unable to keep up with demand.