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High costs or high hopes?: Dispensary owners divided over new social consumption licenses

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January 2, 2026

[#item_full_content] By this time next year, the streets of Northampton, Easthampton and Amherst may feature a new kind of social hub: Amsterdam-style cannabis cafes, marijuana-friendly yoga studios and theaters. Massachusetts is poised to become one of the first New England states after the Cannabis Control Commission (CCC) approved new licensing regulations on Dec. 11 that allow High costs or high hopes?: Dispensary owners divided over new social consumption licenses Read More

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