With marijuana legal in New York, and other states close behind, will Mass. dispensaries along state borders survive?
Operators insist impact wonât be immediate â but foresee disruption
By Dan Adams Globe Staff,Updated April 20, 2021, 1 hour ago
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It was a good run while it lasted.
When Massachusetts voters passed Question 4 in 2016, the state became an oasis of legal marijuana on the East Coast, surrounded by neighbors that prohibited the drug entirely or only allowed its medical use. Today, total pot sales are approaching $1.5 billion.
But with New York legalizing cannabis late last month, the first recreational shops now ringing up customers in Maine, Vermont recently authorizing commercial sales, and Rhode Island and Connecticut lawmakers poised to establish regulated marijuana markets in their states, our early-mover advantage is rapidly evaporating.