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Massachusetts
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88,053 Registered Patient Population |
1.27% of Total Population Represented by Patients |
140 Total Medical Retail Locations Currently in Operation |
628 : 1 Patients : Retail |
Cannabis is legal to all adults over 21 in Massachusetts. Any adult may cultivate up to six plants at home, 12 plants in a household of two or more adults. Registered patients are exempt from the taxes levied cannabis products unlike adult-use consumers. Patients may possess up to 10 ounces of cannabis or 1.5 ounces of concentrates in public. Massachusetts dispensaries do not honor out of state medical cannabis cards.
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Excerpted from ASA's 2020 State of the States Report. |

Massachusetts Medical Marijuana Law & Regulations

Becoming a Patient in Massachusetts

Recommending Cannabis in Massachusetts

Becoming a Caregiver Producer or Provider in Massachusetts

Massachusetts Advocacy

The State of Medical Marijuana in Massachusetts
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