NETA Awards $25,000 Security Equipment Grant to Social Equity Applicant Cannabis Delivery Service in Massachusetts
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FRANKLIN, Mass., Jan. 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ New England Treatment Access (NETA), a division of the privately-held, multi-state cannabis company Parallel and a leading cannabis operator in Massachusetts, today announced that Florencia, a social equity cannabis license applicant, is the recipient of $25,000 through its Security Equipment Grant Program. NETA s initiative is designed to help reduce barriers to entry for social equity applicants into the state s cannabis industry.
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Facing an exodus of its members, the Commonwealth Dispensary Association is withdrawing its lawsuit against recently approved recreational marijuana delivery rules in Massachusetts.
The license which would effectively allow standalone marijuana delivery businesses with their own warehouses was part of the CCC’s ongoing, if fledgling, efforts to increase the number of local and minority-owned operators in the industry. The CCC also decided to make the delivery license, as well as a courier-style license, available only to applicants in their social equity programs for a minimum of three years meaning that almost all of the state’s existing dispensaries would be locked out from the delivery game until at least 2024.
Northampton drops controversial fees on marijuana companies
City is first in Mass. to end practice that prompted federal investigation
By Dan Adams Globe Staff,Updated January 25, 2021, 3:45 p.m.
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Northampton David Narkewicz in 2018 made one of the first two legal purchases of recreational marijuana in Massachusetts, buying a THC-infused chocolate bar at the New England Treatment Access dispensary.Michael Swensen for The Boston Globe
Northampton has become the first municipality in Massachusetts to stop charging local marijuana operators an annual âcommunity impact fee,â after Mayor David Narkewicz said his community has seen few negative effects after years of hosting cannabis companies.
Marijuana trade group drops lawsuit against state after backlash
Key companies quit dispensary association amid boycott by equity activists
By Dan Adams Globe Staff,Updated January 25, 2021, 8:08 a.m.
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A Massachusetts dispensary employee holds a container of marijuana flower.Michael Swensen for The Boston Globe/file
The largest marijuana business association in Massachusetts has dropped a lawsuit against the state after more than a dozen key members of the group quit or renounced the litigation in the face of a fierce backlash from advocates.
The Commonwealth Dispensary Association, which represents dozens of established brick-and-mortar marijuana companies, sued the state Cannabis Control Commission earlier this month to overturn recently implemented regulations that created a new, competing class of online pot-delivery retailers â and that reserve the licenses exclusively for disenfranchised entrepreneurs for three years.
NORTHAMPTON As a city commission reviewing how the Police Department operates works toward releasing a final report in mid-March, the police chief is concerned about the number of officers leaving the department in recent months and offering sharp.