Recreational marijuana shops in Massachusetts raked in more than $420 million in sales in the first full calendar year of legalization, according to new state data, a measure of how popular the industry is.
Calyx Peak has received approval for a marijuana cultivation and manufacturing facility on Pullman Street in Worcester.
A medical marijuana dispensary that has operated in the Central Massachusetts town of Leicester since late last year became the first business licensed to sell non-medical marijuana in Massachusetts.
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions earlier this month rescinded the Cole Memo, an Obama administration guidance that essentially said the federal government would not interfere with marijuana programs in states in which they are legal.
Pot smokers and budding weed entrepreneurs are clearly still high as a kite over their big victory last November when voters passed a statewide referendum legalizing marijuana.
