Massachusetts Approves Additional Cannabis Policies
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The Cannabis Control Commission (Commission) today approved new medical- and adult-use regulations and phased out 935 CMR 502, Colocated Adult-Use and Medical-Use Marijuana Operations, after bringing sufficient parity to the medical- and adult-use regulations.
“While we’ve made significant progress over the past three years, we now turn to critical work to implement new provisions, including; the increased caregiver/patient ratio, development of guidance documents, rollout of the Delivery Operator application, and a host of provisions establishing a more equitable and safe industry,” said Commission Chairman Steven J. Hoffman.
In the coming weeks, the final regulations will be filed with the Secretary of State’s Regulation Division for promulgation and published on the Commission’s website.
The approved policies include:
- Optimizing Patient access and preserving public safety
- Promoting a more inclusive and diverse industry
- Increasing adult-use access and evolving the Delivery license type
- Further tightening stringent ownership and control measures
- Ensuring that the public is knowledgeable of the hallmarks of legally sourced products, preventing underage access, and lowering the risk of purchasing illicit products
- Modifying advertising and branding regulations
- Increasing testing accountability for licencees
Video recordings of the commission’s previous policy discussions and public hearings regarding the new regulations are available on Facebook and YouTube.