Wide-ranging marijuana legislation that targets persistent issues that are holding Massachusetts back from realizing the full potential of the 2016 legalization law cleared the Senate unanimously Thursday afternoon.
The U.S. House of Representatives will vote “in the next few weeks” on a bill that would protect banks working with state-legal marijuana companies from federal regulatory penalties, Rep. Jim McGovern said Wednesday.
About five weeks since the first non-medical marijuana stores opened in Massachusetts, CCC Chairman Steven Hoffman said it is still too early to determine what, if any, changes need to be made to the law or regulations.
The state’s top cannabis regulator is calling on the state’s senior U.S. senator to help find more banking solutions for the adult-use pot industry.
