The days are long gone when you had to meet your "guy" under a street lamp in the park to secure a nickel or dime bag before stopping at the corner store for some Zig-Zags or EZ Widers. Pot sales are legal in many places in Massachusetts, and it seems there is a pot shop on nearly every corner these days.

Cannabis is legal for medical and recreational use in Massachusetts. Hell, Providence, Rhode Island has a drive-thru weed window at Mother Earth Wellness billed as "New England's ONLY cannabis drive-thru available for ordering or pick-up orders."

Oh, the struggles. Kids today would never understand.

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Recreational marijuana is regulated and taxed in Massachusetts, but isn't everything?

On November 4, 2008, Massachusetts voters passed an initiative that decriminalized the possession of small amounts of marijuana. On November 6, 2012, voters approved the Massachusetts Medical Marijuana Initiative, and on November 8, 2016, they approved making recreational cannabis legal in the Commonwealth.

Where To Buy Weed In Massachusetts And Where It's Still Taboo
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Though legal, recreational marijuana is not available for sale everywhere in Massachusetts. There are also local rules governing cannabis delivery.

Anyone planning to vacation in the Bay State this summer might want to review state laws before passing the pipe around the fire pit.

The Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission has a Municipal Zoning Tracker that helps you to know "the zoning and by-laws of adult-use marijuana for all 351 cities and towns in Massachusetts."

The CCC also provides a tool to locate a licensed marijuana retail establishment near you.

More than 100 communities, including five in Bristol County (Acushnet, Easton, Freetown, Raynham and Westport), still ban recreational marijuana sales.

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