Facing an exodus of its members, the Commonwealth Dispensary Association is withdrawing its lawsuit against recently approved recreational marijuana delivery rules in Massachusetts.
The CDA, a trade group representing the vast majority of medical and adult-use cannabis dispensaries, had sued the state’s Cannabis Control Commission earlier this month, in an attempt to block a new type of delivery license type created by the agency this past fall.
The license — which would effectively allow standalone marijuana delivery businesses with their own warehouses — was part of the CCC’s ongoing, if fledgling, efforts to increase the number of local and minority-owned operators in the industry. The CCC also decided to make the delivery license, as well as a courier-style license, available only to applicants in their social equity programs for a minimum of three years — meaning that almost all of the state’s existing dispensaries would be locked out from the delivery game until at least 2024.
The CDA says that it, too, is committed to the goals of increasing diversity in the corporate-heavy industry. But the group filed a lawsuit against the CCC on Jan. 13 in Suffolk County Superior Court, challenging the new delivery rules on a number of legal fronts.
Despite the three-year exclusivity and other limits on the new license, the CDA also argued that the rules, which do…
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Facing an exodus of its members, the Commonwealth Dispensary Association is withdrawing its lawsuit against recently approved recreational marijuana delivery rules in Massachusetts.
The CDA, a trade group representing the vast majority of medical and adult-use cannabis dispensaries, had sued the state’s Cannabis Control Commission earlier this month, in an attempt to block a new type of delivery license type created by the agency this past fall.
The license — which would effectively allow standalone marijuana delivery businesses with their own warehouses — was part of the CCC’s ongoing, if fledgling, efforts to increase the number of local and minority-owned operators in the industry. The CCC also decided to make the delivery license, as well as a courier-style license, available only to applicants in their social equity programs for a minimum of three years — meaning that almost all of the state’s existing dispensaries would be locked out from the delivery game until at least 2024.
The CDA says that it, too, is committed to the goals of increasing diversity in the corporate-heavy industry. But the group filed a lawsuit against the CCC on Jan. 13 in Suffolk County Superior Court, challenging the new delivery rules on a number of legal fronts.
Despite the three-year exclusivity and other limits on the new license, the CDA also argued that the rules, which do…
