November 2016 ballot, the vote came in at 1.8 to 1.5 (Million) in favor of making Cannabis legal in the Bay State. The law took effect in January 2018 after strong resistance from religious and top political organization. The Federal government, under Obama, stopped funding the fight against marijuana and left states to decide on their own how to handle the drug policy.
After Trump not much changed; however, Massachusetts residence over the age of 21 will be allowed by the state to grow, possess, and use cannabis within some limits. Selling the plant in any of it's forms is still illegal until the state figures out their regulations.
Immediately, fertilizers, grow lamps, tents, and all the rest began shipping all over the state in all time highs. You would not be alone if you partook in this new "green" gold rush. With each adult allowed to grow up to 6 plants, 12 per residence, a niche market sprung into a mainstream business. The hype will and has dyed down, yet there will always be a stronger demand for the products not it seems.
As of now the state is still reviewing dispensaries for public purchase without the use of a medical marijuana card. The major hold up seems to come not from lack of retailers but for lack of labs approved to test products going into dispensaries. Dispensaries where supposed to be allowed to sell to the public beginning on July 1st 2018 but none where open as the state was dragging its feet on the matter.
As the beginning of October this year we have our first two dispensaries approved to sell. Leicester's Cultivate Holdings and the New England Treatment Access of Northampton.
Over all though, even though the shops are currently running as medical marijuana dispensaries, they both do not have a date set on when they can officially open doors to the public since the state still has a series of hoops that need to be jumped through.
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