Mass. plaintiffs drop suit over marijuana delivery rules
Colin A. Young
BOSTON — Stung by an exodus of members since it filed suit to block new cannabis industry rules permitting home delivery, the business group that represents most of the state's brick-and-mortar marijuana shops announced Monday morning that it is dropping the legal challenge.
The Commonwealth Dispensary Association and its attorneys from Foley Hoag argued in a suit that the new delivery-only license types created by the Cannabis Control Commission violated the state's marijuana law, which they said gives the retailers the right to deliver cannabis under their existing licenses.
"Simply, the CCC overstepped its authority and disregarded state law, radically upending the established rules that hundreds of small businesses and their host communities operated in accordance with since 2016," the CDA said in a statement when it filed its suit earlier this month.