Despite pushback from some lawmakers and local municipalities, Massachusetts marijuana regulators are moving forward with plans to allow a new class of weed delivery business.
During a three-hour meeting Tuesday, the state’s Cannabis Control Commission approved some “contentious” changes to its draft regulations, allowing standalone recreational marijuana retailers without storefronts to deliver products to customers’ doorsteps.
Massachusetts already allows the delivery of medical marijuana. And allowing any recreational marijuana delivery, which was approved last year, has already proved somewhat controversial. However, advocates argued — and the CCC ultimately agreed — that it would help licensed businesses compete with the many black-market operators (who effectively offer delivery for free) and also further the state’s goals of promoting small and minority-owned companies, since a delivery business involves fewer start-up costs than a brick-and-mortar retail…
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