On Thursday, Treasury Secretary Deb Goldberg temporarily removed pot boss Shannon O’Brien from her post just a year after the former gubernatorial candidate took the job steering marijuana policy for the state.
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O’Brien’s ouster – which sounds permanent and ominous – signals new turmoil ahead for the CCC and the already reeling cannabis industry.
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“I’d have to work four jobs to really make it happen any other way. It's my little hobby and now I can take my dream to market."
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Gas prices have dropped a nickel in the last week, hitting $3.64 in Massachusetts despite the war in Israel and the decision by OPEC countries earlier this year to ratchet down production.
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A 14-year-old boy is accused of stealing more than $1,500 in marijuana products from a South Boston pot shop early Monday morning after he allegedly smashed the store's front door with a large rock, police said.
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An East Boston man is facing a slew of drug charges after police found a stockpile of fentanyl, cocaine, marijuana, psychedelic mushrooms and thousands of dollars in his home, Suffolk DA Kevin Hayden announced Sunday.
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The AHA recommends against smoking tobacco or marijuana because of the potential damaging effects on the heart, lungs and blood vessels.
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Snoop, who has his own line of cannabis products, has been a marijuana advocate throughout his 30-year rap career — dating back to his debut on Dr.
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After a Massachusetts cannabis worker suffered an asthma attack and died, the state Department of Public Health is pushing the local marijuana industry to take extra safety steps to prevent work-related asthma.
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About $780,000 of cash and property were stolen, and the members of two organized crime groups also now face charges of aggravated robbery, kidnapping, illegal possession of firearms and violating the Colorado Organized Crime Control Act.
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President Joe Biden has pardoned thousands of people who were convicted of use and simple possession of marijuana on federal lands and in the District of Columbia.
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A Brookline teen was severely injured after he had "magic mushrooms" and jumped from a sixth-story window, according to police who arrested a drug dealer accused of targeting local kids.
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It's been 10 years since Colorado hosted the world’s first legal sales of recreational marijuana. The success of Colorado's tightly regulated system has helped reshape the public's perception of cannabis, but the industry faces headwinds in its second decade.
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It’s been 10 years since Colorado launched the first legal recreational marijuana market in the world and became a pioneer in drug reform.
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"The vaporizer is flavored like a cookie and contains a highly concentrated amount of THC. Where exactly is the overly complex regulation?
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While roughly 12% of older adults in the study said they used cannabis within the past year, only 9.5% used the substance in 2019.
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The city of Brighton is about to get a little greener.
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A former Massachusetts lawyer who was accused of trying to bribe the Medford police chief to get city approval for a pot shop has been sentenced to prison.
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Gov. Maura Healey asked a group of elected officials to approve a plan that would pardon misdemeanor cannabis possession convictions, a move she said could impact hundreds of thousands of people.
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Gucci Mane, Afroman, and Big Boss Vette help Mile High 420 Fest light up downtown Denver this year.
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The Florida Supreme Court issued rulings Monday allowing the state's voters to decide whether to protect abortion rights and legalize recreational use of marijuana, rejecting the state attorney general's arguments that the measures should be kept off the November ballot.
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A woman was arrested at Boston Logan International Airport over the weekend after she reportedly tried to transport nearly $400,000 worth of marijuana.
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Gov. Maura Healey’s first-in-the-nation plan to issue a blanket pardon for simple marijuana possession offenses was met with the unanimous approval of the Governor’s Council on Wednesday, when councilors expressed broad support for the plan but wondered if it went far enough.
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The long-awaited meetings between suspended Cannabis Control Commission Chairwoman Shannon O'Brien and Treasurer Deborah Goldberg will not take place as scheduled Wednesday and Thursday, Goldberg's office said Tuesday afternoon.
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Rapper Afroman has performed many shows in Colorado and each time he visits, the people here always seem to make him uncomfortable with how nice they are.
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