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Today In Massachusetts Cannabis Headlines: Mike Beaudet Is Drinking His Own Pee Again

1 week ago | talkingjointsmemo.com | Chris Faraone

The year was 2016. Allstonians were revelling as usual. Until some snitches crashed the party, and an iconic Hub media yarn was spun. In retrospect, the topic of the news report in question—rogue underground college keggers—is far less memorable than the response to its airing.
Streaming For Stoners: 'Wonder Boys'

1 month ago | talkingjointsmemo.com | Chris Faraone

As I see it, any film in which a pro- or antagonist is committed to cannabis is as much a weed movie as any dumb buddy bong flick. So while the image of Ice Cube in Higher Learning (1995) sorting a tray full of grass with a pick in his puff is a classic, and Outside Providence (1999) is a personal fave that I think many would label as burnable media, my instinct to follow the character before the story leads me away from that pack and toward one estimable Grady Tripp.
It's Time To Raise The Daily Cannabis Purchase Limit In Massachusetts

1 month ago | talkingjointsmemo.com | Chris Faraone

Maybe it’s because I visit medical dispensaries when I’m shopping for quantity. Or perhaps it is due to my tendency to purchase just an elite eighth of flower or maybe a gram or two of concentrate when I visit adult-use stores. But whatever the case is, it’s now clear that I haven’t paid enough attention to the absurd rules around cannabis purchasing limits in Massachusetts. Of course, I’ve heard the cries of others for some time.
Mass Cannabis Regulators Address Idea Of Alcohol At Social Consumption Establishments

1 month ago | talkingjointsmemo.com | Chris Faraone

Up to this point in the process of drafting regulations for licensed social cannabis consumption in Massachusetts, the inclusion of alcohol has been a non-starter.
Mass Cannabis Commissioner Camargo Steps Down From Post

1 month ago | talkingjointsmemo.com | Chris Faraone

On Monday, May 12, the Cannabis Control Commission is scheduled to continue combing through the draft of regulations for the social consumption of marijuana in Massachusetts. Though the rules still have to be completed and consecrated by the state powers that be, the meeting nonetheless reflects momentum forward in a process that has been ushered along for several years by commissioners Bruce Stebbins and Nurys Camargo in particular.
Cannabis Control Commission And Elected Leaders Out Of Sync On Budget

1 month ago | talkingjointsmemo.com | Bhaamati Borkhetaria

As Massachusetts work to craft a budget, facing an ever-shrinking pile of money coming from the federal government and rattled by economic uncertainty, the leaders of one of the state’s most troubled agencies – the Cannabis Control Commission – are saying that they cannot make crucial improvements without more money from the Legislature. But legislators, so far, aren’t buying it.
Legislators Push For More Forceful Action On Hemp-Derived Products

1 month ago | talkingjointsmemo.com | Bhaamati Borkhetaria

State legislators this session are looking to take hemp-derived intoxicating products – which contain the same active ingredient as cannabis but are not regulated the same way – off shelves in gas stations, convenience stores, and vape shops across Massachusetts. The hemp products, which are generally edible and intoxicating like gummies or candies, have already been declared illegal in the state by several state agencies but continue to pop up in certain stores outside of dispensaries.
Camp Provincetown’s 1st Annual Outsiders Festival Starts This Week

1 month ago | talkingjointsmemo.com | Chris Faraone

Though sometimes it feels like we spend most of our time at Talking Joints Memo covering products and cannabis policy, we nonetheless consider ourselves to be the descendants of innumerable strange iconoclastic independent publishers and writers—including those who smoked and wrote about weed back when getting caught burning landed people on government watch lists.
Recreational Cannabis Proposal Advances Out Of Pennsylvania House Committee

1 month ago | talkingjointsmemo.com | John Cole |John Cole

A proposal that would legalize the recreational use of marijuana advanced out of the Pennsylvania House Health Committee along party lines on Monday. House Bill 1200, sponsored by Rep. Rick Krajewski (D-Philadelphia), would include a number of reforms to marijuana policy, including allowing the purchase of marijuana for recreational use by those 21 years and older, mainly through publicly owned stores overseen by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board.
CCC Delivers ‘State Of Cannabis In Massachusetts’ On Beacon Hill

1 month ago | talkingjointsmemo.com | Chris Faraone

You won’t see much about the State of Cannabis in Massachusetts on the five o’clock news. Though not exactly under wraps, the annual presentation is nevertheless largely a government affair, with appointed members, agency officials, and staffers from the Cannabis Control Commission serenading lawmakers on Beacon Hill.