Massachusetts: Legislators Quietly Delay Opening Date For Recreational Cannabis Stores Until 2018

29 December 2016

The Boston Globe reports that a number of Massachusetts lawmakers have decided that Cannabis recreational stores can sit on the shelf until July 2018

Here’s the report

It took less than an hour, and only about a half-dozen state legislators, to approve a bill that would overturn significant parts of a marijuana legalization law that 1.8 million voters approved just last month.

With no public hearings and no formal public notice, the few lawmakers on Beacon Hill passed a measure on Wednesday to delay the likely opening date for recreational marijuana stores in Massachusetts by half a year — from January to July 2018.

The measure that emerged from the unusual legislative action was sent for approval to Governor Charlie Baker, who has vociferously opposed legalization. Late in the day, he called a six-month delay “perfectly appropriate.”

Full report at

https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/12/28/marijuana-shops-may-delayed/StlB04ayOcNl8RksKmMwkJ/story.html

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