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Marijuana backers eye proposed federal regulatory change as an aid to legalizing pot in more states
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has proposed to shift marijuana from a “Schedule I” drug, which includes heroin and LSD, to a less tightly regulated “Schedule III” drug
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Understanding the Biden administration's plans to reclassify marijuana
There’s a new federal push to reclassify marijuana as a Schedule III drug.
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Biden administration will move to reclassify marijuana in a historic shift
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, a historic shift to generations of American drug policy that could have wide ripple effects across the country.
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Cannabis equity grants distributed after 2-year delay
Checks long promised to entrepreneurs in the Massachusetts marijuana industry are finally getting delivered.
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Gov. Maura Healey pardons misdemeanor marijuana convictions in Mass.
After unanimous approval by the governor’s council, tens of thousands of people convicted of simple marijuana in Massachusetts will be pardoned.
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Sweeping pardon for low-level marijuana offenses gets OK in Mass. | Analysis
The Massachusetts Governor’s Council unanimously approved Gov. Maura Healey’s blanket pardon for simple marijuana convictions. Political commentator Sue O’Connell breaks down what the vote means and who is affected.
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Healey's historic marijuana possession pardons approved by governor's council
Gov. Maura Healey has officially pardoned tens of thousands of people convicted in Massachusetts for simple possession of marijuana. The governor’s council unanimously approved the pardons Wednesday, Healey announced. “Massachusetts made history today. I’m grateful to the Governor’s Council for their due diligence in approving my request to pardon all state misdemeanor marijuana possession convictions,” Healey said in a...
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Michigan woman allegedly tried to fly from Boston to London with 74 pounds of marijuana
Massachusetts prosecutors say a Michigan woman tried to take an international flight from Boston with 74 pounds of marijuana. The Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office says 28-year-old Nalexus Palmer of Clinton Township was arrested Saturday night at Logan International Airport. She was allegedly trying to transport hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of cannabis on a flight to London....
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Where is marijuana legal in the US? A state-by-state guide
Marijuana is fully legal in 24 states and Washington, D.C. Another 17 states have legalized its use solely for medical purposes, with varying caveats in each states’ laws.
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@Issue: The impact of sweeping cannabis pardons in Massachusetts
Healey made a landmark announcement on Wednesday, issuing a sweeping pardon for those who have been convicted of simple possession of cannabis at the state level, something she says could impact hundreds of thousands of people.
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Healey announces plan to pardon misdemeanor marijuana convictions
Pending approval by the governor’s council, Gov. Maura Healey will pardon all state court misdemeanor convictions for cannabis possession.
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Gov. Healey to announce she's pardoning marijuana convictions
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey plans to announce Wednesday that she’s following the lead of President Joe Biden and issuing pardons to those convicted of simple possession of cannabis at the state level, her office.
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Councilors eager to dig into Healey's pot pardon plan
Two of the elected officials who would vote on Gov. Maura Healey’s plan to pardon convictions for simple cannabis possession expressed their support Tuesday, a day before the governor is set to provide details of her proposal at a State House news conference. Healey, the state’s former top prosecutor who once joined Gov. Charlie Baker in opposing the legalization...
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Mass. cannabis commission chair due for suspension hearing in April
The long-awaited and often-debated meeting between Massachusetts State Treasurer Deborah Goldberg and suspended Cannabis Control Commission Chairwoman Shannon O’Brien, a meeting that could lead to O’Brien’s firing, is being penciled in for April 10 and 11. Goldberg’s office said it proposed the Wednesday and Thursday dates next month for the meeting. A spokesman for O’Brien said those are the...
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Should Mass. cannabis stores be allowed to sell lotto tickets?
A request from one marijuana store to be allowed to also sell Massachusetts Lottery tickets has sparked a broad conversation at the Cannabis Control Commission about where to draw the line on the sale of non-cannabis products as the legal marijuana industry matures to include establishments beyond standard retailers. State law and the CCC’s regulations neither explicitly allow nor...
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Fitchburg seeing cannabis cultivation business boom
There are 13 marijuana cultivation businesses that are currently operational or soon will be in the relatively small city of Fitchburg.
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How marijuana is becoming big business in Fitchburg
Fitchburg, Massachusetts, a relatively small city in Worcester County, has transformed itself into a mega town for marijuana. Converting an old wire-making factory into a cannabis cultivation operation, Garden Remedies was the first to move to Fitchburg in 2016. Since then, six other companies have created similar set ups within the city’s limits and six others are in the...
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Lawyer sentenced for trying to bribe Medford police chief over pot business
The former Massachusetts lawyer convicted of trying to bribe a Medford’s chief of police to get a company’s marijuana business license approved has been sentenced to two years in prison. Sean O’Donovan was arrested in June 2022 over what prosecutors at the time called a “pay-to-play scheme” to pass along $25,000 to a person who considered applications for new...
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Warren among senators urging Biden admin. to deschedule marijuana
A group of Democratic senators is calling for the president to remove marijuana from a list of federally criminalized drugs defined by the Controlled Substances Act, according to a news release from Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s office. The Massachusetts Democrat and Sen. John Fetterman, D-Penn., spearheaded the initiative, with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York, both of Vermont’s...
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Biden pardons thousands convicted of marijuana charges on federal lands and in DC
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.