Cannabis Control Commission members call the costly and confusing current process for licensing individual agents “redundant” and “disincentivizing”
Question: How many people work in the Massachusetts cannabis industry?
Answer: It depends on who you ask and when.
A Jan. 29, 2024 Cannabis Control Commission public meeting packet noted there are 22,716 approved and pending Marijuana Establishment agents, and 6,206 approved and pending Medical Marijuana Treatment Center agents.
But according to a Jan. 16, 2024 CCC media release, “To date, there are currently 20,280 individual agents serving the adult- and medical-use sectors of Massachusetts’ industry.”
Further muddying the matter, per a CCC presentation last Thursday, the breakdown of badged agents was as follows: 28,084 badged agents (6,050 medical, 22,069 adult-use), with 6,483 individuals holding multiple badges.
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