Massachusetts city welcomes marijuana industry with open arms

Massachusetts will become the first East Coast state to allow the sale of recreational marijuana on Sunday. Nine states, plus Washington, D.C., have legalized pot for adults, but marijuana is still federally illegal and many municipalities in Massachusetts have banned or temporarily blocked the pot industry. Tony Dokoupil reports from a Massachusetts city that’s doing the opposite.

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50 Comments

  1. Willie Baggettjr on September 11, 2020 at 11:33 pm

    2215



  2. Brand Gadfly on September 11, 2020 at 11:33 pm

    Check out 50 state legal marijuana from bostonhempire.com its absolutely amazing



  3. SoulJah Roch on September 11, 2020 at 11:37 pm

    As a USAF Vet, I don’t get ‘buzzed’, I get ‘Right’! This is a tired olde lie told by bubblegummers that smoked once, got happy, can never tried it again…
    Please STOP the disinformation.
    🦁✌



  4. MattIsLoling on September 11, 2020 at 11:37 pm

    grassachusetts



  5. Liberty Tree on September 11, 2020 at 11:39 pm

    Think of all the intoxicated driving…. Hope they start pushing black tar heroine. Now, thats the kind of hope and change you can take to the free emergency room! The pot pushing reminds me of the cigarette ads in the 50s and 60s telling people how great it is…



  6. Francisco Velazquez on September 11, 2020 at 11:41 pm

    Weed is all we need!



  7. Sandra Santana on September 11, 2020 at 11:44 pm

    Massachusetts one Day gonna know the hand of God. Because everyday open doors To the devil.



  8. C Hopkins Hickman on September 11, 2020 at 11:45 pm

    Please legalize recreational use in u.s.a….

    Putting that on my Christmas list.



  9. TheSkullKlown on September 11, 2020 at 11:46 pm

    Rolling paper city I like the sound of that πŸ˜‡πŸ’ƒ



  10. Orenthal Simpson on September 11, 2020 at 11:46 pm

    LOUISIANA NEXT PLEASE!!!



  11. By Khai Tran on September 11, 2020 at 11:47 pm

    HolySmoke Massachusetts



  12. Happy NewYear on September 11, 2020 at 11:48 pm

    wheres the weed ??? no stores open yet none in foxboro mass



  13. Jason Pardee on September 11, 2020 at 11:48 pm

    Is this place in Holyoke open for sales?



  14. John Tuffield on September 11, 2020 at 11:50 pm

    get tf off of youtube



  15. usapilot78 on September 11, 2020 at 11:51 pm

    If I were the Devil – Paul Harvey’s 1965 speech (Extended Version)

    https://youtu.be/0GiAYeWGDTM



  16. Дядя ЀСдя on September 11, 2020 at 11:53 pm

    Good, now everyone could migrate there to smoke pot and bring homelessness and poverty with them



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  18. Happy NewYear on September 11, 2020 at 11:56 pm

    jesus has nothing 2do with weed and no i want my legal weed already i’m not patient been waiting all my life 4this tired of being ripped off from black market dealers



  19. DOPE DROPS ENT. on September 12, 2020 at 12:00 am

    I need a job



  20. Samuel Gallezzo on September 12, 2020 at 12:01 am

    Good job mayor.



  21. mysticwizard on September 12, 2020 at 12:01 am

    Those of you who like me came here looking for any word about shops opening because it’s been over a month since doors should have been opening, do the research and you’ll find that it’s your local governments that are holding you back. They’d rather sit in their town halls for a year and a half looking at 200 applications of businesses spinning their wheels and only grant permits to 2 out of state companies.



  22. lunamypet on September 12, 2020 at 12:04 am

    Mass… I will visit your guys if your stuff is good πŸ™‚



  23. Frederick Mazza on September 12, 2020 at 12:04 am

    The thing I have to say about public safety is I’ve never a pothead past out on the street like you see drunks pass out street in almost every city around the country, put 7 eleven will be making tons money because all the smoking pot will have the munchie



  24. FlashViralNews on September 12, 2020 at 12:05 am

    Legalize Recreational on EAST COAST! also, check out FlashViralNews on IG : )



  25. southernantman on September 12, 2020 at 12:07 am

    Felt alot of disbelief from me reporter. Please everyone start stating facts get the info out there the proof is there we can make this a better world.



  26. Mike Skelly on September 12, 2020 at 12:07 am

    The false and tired arguments of the ‘Alcohol Prohibitionists’ are still being resurrected by the ‘Pot Prohibitionists’ of today. Alcohol is a known killer that causes millions of dollars in medical costs a year, but relatively harmless Pot is ‘The Devil’s Lettuce’ that will turn kids into Addicts and Sex criminals. Anslinger’s legacy is still felt today…



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  28. 7 West on September 12, 2020 at 12:10 am

    The holy herb !!!!



  29. Tim W on September 12, 2020 at 12:15 am

    These clowns keep holding back legal dispensaries! Anything to hold back the inevitable! Massachusetts is the lamest its only been three years now since its been legal still no dispensaries! Corrupt Massachusetts! California had vending machines three months after legalizing!



  30. southernantman on September 12, 2020 at 12:15 am

    It’s never killed anyone in 10000 years and the endocannabinoid system in our bodies is connected to almost every human illness known which means cannabis can potentially affect everything that hurts us please educate yourself always.



  31. Hank Terreros on September 12, 2020 at 12:16 am

    Shoots, I was on of those 12%ers back in 1969



  32. CLow on September 12, 2020 at 12:17 am

    Stop and boycott big pharmaceutical companies until they stop strangle hold on herb.



  33. Domenic Brangiforte on September 12, 2020 at 12:17 am

    But u can’t buy it



  34. Wally Cleaver on September 12, 2020 at 12:18 am

    πŸ‘



  35. southernantman on September 12, 2020 at 12:18 am

    Cannabis plants



  36. Willie Baggettjr on September 12, 2020 at 12:19 am

    5030



  37. randyrrs on September 12, 2020 at 12:19 am

    Marijuachusetts



  38. W W on September 12, 2020 at 12:20 am

    About time a young mayor



  39. Larry 306 on September 12, 2020 at 12:20 am

    The Addiction problem is going to get worst if that’s possible, with this legalization of Marijuana… Addiction is the most powerful sickness that can happen to a human.. Our world is plagued by it.. Alcohol, Drugs, Pills, Cigarettes and Marijuana are the most deadly.. Doctors, Lawyers and Drug Dealers knowingly sell drugs for money and they are personally responsible for the pain and suffering of ruined family’s and the overdose deaths of the many thousands of young people?



  40. Felix Bruyns on September 12, 2020 at 12:21 am

    "The use of drugs inflicts very grave damage on human health and life. Their use, except on strictly therapeutic grounds, is a grave offense."- Catechism of the Catholic Church, Part 3, Section 2, Chapter 2, Article 5, Subsection II, Paragraph 2291



  41. Iron Horse throttle master on September 12, 2020 at 12:21 am

    Cannabis is a medicine I suffer from bipolar and it’s got me a lot of trouble in the past with anger outbursts and riding the emotional rollercoaster of pharmaceuticals I’ve been on many pharmaceutical cocktails and they do not work they make me more ill cannabis is the only thing that allows me to cope with this world and control my anger and to control my stomach problems that I also have it helps with multiple things Pharmaceuticals are poison cannabis is a god-given plant a gift to mankind we need to wake up and realize this the War on Drugs is a war on the citizenry of America it’s a war on the people and it needs to stop



  42. COFFEE N BLUNTS on September 12, 2020 at 12:23 am

    You can’t abuse cannabis



  43. Kevin Do bs on September 12, 2020 at 12:24 am

    Ha ha every cannabis owner always tries to say how hard it is because they wanna scare you out of starting your own. Lol



  44. Carlos Baez on September 12, 2020 at 12:25 am

    Yeah I’m so happy and i don’t live im Massachusetts



  45. scorpioninpink on September 12, 2020 at 12:25 am

    These municipalities should not received a single dime of tax revenue from Marijuana Sales.



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  47. James Kessell on September 12, 2020 at 12:27 am

    I think cannabis should be legalized completely for the reason of if it were then people could just grow there own weed we would see a near complete eradication of trafficking let’s be honest dealing with anyone in the idea of illegal substances is weird and I wasn’t born during prohibition but I imagine it was the same back then for those who don’t have the time or feel like growing there own plant sure the government can market it in the sales like they do in tobacco but at least the power would be in the hands of the people on whether or not they feel they’d rather grow there own pot also I feel that people would like to take a look at the ramifications of well how do I take into consideration of well how do I know one person isn’t growing 600 plants and looking to traffick all that weed to that I would say if anyone could grow and consume there own weed or just buy it at a store with a reasonable price legally why would anyone be inclined to deal on the streets effectively if you had 200-300 pounds or more it would seem like it would be more of a cool story bro type thing and if you ever got caught transporting it to another country or province where it is illegal sure… you knew you were in the process of somethics verrryyyy illegal



  48. RJ King on September 12, 2020 at 12:27 am

    Massachusetts appears to still be the most corrupt state government in the country. The legalization began in 2016. Two years later the state still has zero marijuana for sale. When it is legal, illegal weed will still be a better deal. Taxachusetts.



  49. conic9 on September 12, 2020 at 12:30 am

    still no stores, it’s been 2 years since it passed



  50. Michelle Despres on September 12, 2020 at 12:32 am

    Just let people live their lives. Stop trying to control everything.