Our view: Take down the pot shop roadblocks

It's been six years since Massachusetts voters said yes to recreational marijuana.Why is government still throwing up roadblocks for consumers and ...

September 30, 2022
10:48 AM

It's been six years since Massachusetts voters said yes to recreational marijuana.Why is government still throwing up roadblocks for consumers and the cannabis industry?The latest anti-pot bias surfaced at an Attleboro City Council hearing last week on a proposal to change zoning rules that restrict marijuana stores to industrial zones. Proponents — including Nova Farms, the area's first cannabis retailer — want to allow their businesses to operate in business or planned highway zones. In other words, on Route 1 or some other heavily commercial area where all the other stores operate.

Mark Stockwell