Daily Archives: Feb. 28, 2017

Pot boss suspension: Goldberg-O’Brien meetings postponed due to, ‘unforeseen circumstances’

• Massachusetts becomes first state to blanket pardon low-level marijuana charges
• Woman arrested at Boston Logan after allegedly trying to transport 74 pounds of marijuana
• Florida voters to decide on abortion, pot 
• Denver 420 fest: See Gucci Mane, Afroman, Big Boss Vette for free
• Gov. Maura Healey looks to pardon misdemeanor cannabis possession convictions
• Ex-Massachusetts lawyer accused of trying to bribe Medford police chief for pot shop sentenced to prison
• Brighton to allow marijuana stores for the first time
• Study: More older adults are using cannabis post-pandemic
• Letters: What marijuana regulation? We purchased a biscotti-flavored vaporizer with THC potency of 84.9%.
• A timeline of what’s happened since Colorado’s first legal recreational marijuana sales began
• The first 10 years of legal marijuana in Colorado were a wild ride. What will happen in the next decade?
• Brookline teenager who had ‘magic mushrooms’ jumped from 6th-story window: Police
• Biden pardons thousands convicted of marijuana charges on federal lands and in Washington
• Burglaries at over 40 Denver-area marijuana dispensaries lead to charges for members of two organized crime groups
• After Massachusetts cannabis worker died from asthma attack, state pushes marijuana industry to take extra safety steps
• Marijuana master Snoop Dogg announces he’s giving up smoking
• Marijuana use raises risk of heart attack, heart failure and stroke, studies say
• East Boston man arrested after police find 240 grams of fentanyl in home
• 14-year-old boy accused of stealing 30 marijuana products from South Boston pot shop, smashing the front door
• Ticker: Gas prices drop in Bay State; CCC names acting executive director
• Four minority-owned marijuana manufacturers join forces under one roof
• Battenfeld: Shannon O’Brien’s surprise suspension creates more turmoil in $3 billion pot industry
• Up in smoke: Cannabis Commission to meet without suspended chairwoman
• Pot smell and safety concerns ignite disputes over public smoking