medical marijuana

Medical marijuana will soon become a reality in Massachusetts.  Companies looking to operate a dispensary are eyeing communities that will welcome them.  One of those communities appears to be Fairhaven.  A company called Compassionate Care made a  presentation Monday night before the Board of Selectmen...

One of the organizers of the Center for Alternative Life Medicine is speaking out after a major plug was pulled on the project. Dawn Blake Souza of CALM called into WBSM's "Mid-Day Live" program, discussing backer New England Treatment Access's decision to pull $1 million in funding in light of New Bedford's hesitance to change zoning laws that would allow for a dispensary in the South E

A financial backer of the Center for Alternative Life or "CALM" is withdrawing the more than one million dollars in support for a medical marijuana dispensary in New Bedford.

The Fairhaven Board of Health is not in favor of enacting a one year moratorium in town, to further study whether a medical marijuana dispensary should be located in the Fairhaven.  The vote Monday night was 2-1. The town's Planning Board is seeking input on the question from all town boards and commissions...

With dozens of potential medical marijuana dispensaries still tied up in the state application process, questions on the industry continue to abound. Representatives of the Massachusetts Cannabis Knowledge Forum will be in Dartmouth Monday, explaining the rules and regulations for dispensaries, their employees, and those licensed to obtain a marijuana prescription...

The Department of Public Health has made progress cutting down the list of potential medical marijuana growers in Massachusetts.

Mayor Jon Mitchell says he wants groups seeking to open a medical marijuana facility to come in with business plans and other information, like other companies do when eyeing New Bedford.

181 applicants have met initial requirements to be considered for a medical marijuana dispensary license in Massachusetts. Nine of those applicants have opted to set up in Bristol County. Dawn Blake Souza of the Center for Alternative Life Medicine says the CALM team has partnered with applicant New England Treatment Access, Inc...

A state official says more than 100 groups have applied to operate nonprofit medical marijuana dispensaries in Massachusetts. Initial applications from prospective operators were required to be hand-delivered to the state Department of Public Health on Thursday. ...

Nine months after Massachusetts voters approved creation of a medical marijuana program, a key deadline has arrived for those interested in obtaining a license to dispense the drug.