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High: $14.20
Average price per gram
Low: $6.05
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Since the first adult-use dispensaries opened in Massachusetts in November 2018, the price of legal cannabis remained relatively
steady before beginning to fall dramatically in the second half of 2021.
Falling price of marijuana
Source: Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission
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the state may re-
consider. ere are
also similar issues
across other parts
of the industry,
such as a require-
ment of businesses
keep surveillance
videos for 90 days,
oen leading to
significant fees for
cloud storage.
CCC is looking to the example of
the state's Alcoholic Beverages Con-
trol Commission, which tries to work
cooperatively with the companies it
regulates, O'Brien said. For example,
when the agency held a series of in-per-
son meetings with licensees to answer
questions, rather than just focusing on
punishing rule-breakers, violations were
cut in half.
"Massachusetts is one of the friend-
lier cannabis economies in the country,
both in terms of the regulators being
more proactive than in other places and
listening more deeply," said Max Simon,
CEO and co-founder of Green Flower,
a California-based company providing
training for cannabis professionals.
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co-founder of Green
Flower
