ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Mass. Pot Shop Says 'Host Community' Fees Must Be Proven Law360 (April 8, 2021, 10:46 PM EDT) -- A Massachusetts cannabis dispensary has sued the city of Haverhill over a controversial state policy that allows municipalities to charge "community impact" fees, asking the court to order the city to demonstrate why it needs to extract funds from a local marijuana business. Cannabis retailer Haverhill Stem LLC filed the complaint on April 2 in Essex County Superior Court, alleging that its namesake city had obligations under their "host community agreement" to show exa...