December 11, 2025 • 47 secs
WBZ News Reporter Madison Rogers Reporting
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
It's been a promise since twenty sixteen, baked into the
ballot measure that legalized recreational weed in Massachusetts Amsterdam style
cannabis cafes.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
The chair puts it over the top for in favor
a no post.
Speaker 1 (00:13):
A unanimous vote at the Cannabis Control Commission has approved
regulations for social consumption. This could allow businesses that sell
pot to let customers light up on premise. It could
be a dispensary, a lounge, a yoga studio, A temporary
events license could include things like festivals. It's still not
clear when this could become a reality. Chair Shannon O'Brien
says they still have a lot of work ahead of them.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
We're going to be basically reading our own roadmap going forward.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
The new rules could go into effect within weeks. Communities
will get to say whether they'll allow social consumption. Madison
Rogers WBZ, Boston's news radio
It's been a promise since twenty sixteen, baked into the
ballot measure that legalized recreational weed in Massachusetts Amsterdam style
cannabis cafes.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
The chair puts it over the top for in favor
a no post.
Speaker 1 (00:13):
A unanimous vote at the Cannabis Control Commission has approved
regulations for social consumption. This could allow businesses that sell
pot to let customers light up on premise. It could
be a dispensary, a lounge, a yoga studio, A temporary
events license could include things like festivals. It's still not
clear when this could become a reality. Chair Shannon O'Brien
says they still have a lot of work ahead of them.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
We're going to be basically reading our own roadmap going forward.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
The new rules could go into effect within weeks. Communities
will get to say whether they'll allow social consumption. Madison
Rogers WBZ, Boston's news radio
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