Marijuana Stores to Reopen in Massachusetts on Monday

After two months of total shutdown, adult-use cannabis sales in Massachusetts are set to resume next Monday, May 25. But don’t expect a quick return to business as usual.

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker announced the plan this Monday, May 18, as part of a larger, phased state-wide reopening plan. The move comes after a fraught legal battle over whether recreational cannabis retailers qualified as essential businesses. Massachusetts is the only state with an adult-use program that hasn’t allowed stores to remain open during the COVID-19 pandemic. The state’s roughly 73,000 medical patients have been able to purchase cannabis during the shutdown.

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