Following the legalization of marijuana in 2016, Massachusetts has a thriving cannabis business, with outlets strewn over the state.
Hundreds of cannabis retailers have opened their doors to adult consumers after the debuts of Cultivate in Leicester and New England Treatment Access in Northampton in November 2018. Since the inaugural recreational marijuana sales, which saw thousands of customers queue for hours, the initial excitement has tapered off.
Adult retail sales surpassed $100 million in less than six months. Sales at dispensaries totaled $420 million in 2019. Retail stores have brought in millions of dollars in tax revenue for the cities and municipalities where they are located.
As more businesses compete for permits, Worcester County has the most approved licenses.
The following is a list of all marijuana retail stores that are currently open in Massachusetts, categorized by county.
Barnstable County is located in the state of Massachusetts.
Curaleaf
Curaleaf’s recreational sales began in Oxford in November 2019. It is the country’s largest marijuana corporation, with operations in 14 states. There is no on-site parking in Provincetown.
Berkshire County is located in the state of Massachusetts.
On Thursday, June 14, 2018, around 30 leaders from the hospitality, tourism, and other industries gathered at Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort at 37 Corey Road in Hancock, Massachusetts for the event “Cannatourism in the Berkshires – What it Means for Your Business.”
Roots in Berkshire
Berkshire Roots, based in Pittsfield, bills itself as a “vertically integrated seed to sale collocated dispensary” run by locals. They advertise themselves as Berkshire County’s largest cannabis grower. The dispensary sells both recreational and medical marijuana.
This new dispensary in Williamstown launched in April 2019 and offers to assist consumers in achieving their wellness objectives through the use of high-quality cannabis. The business specializes on recreational marijuana and claims it plans to open a cultivation facility and dispensary in Orange.
Temescal Wellness is a wellness center in Temescal, California
Temescal Wellness has three sites in Massachusetts, including a Hudson retail store and a Framingham medical dispensary. The company, which has a cultivation facility in Worcester, claims to place a high priority on patient wellness, product quality, and community outreach in order to educate and teach the public about the proper use of cannabis. Temescal offers a wide range of products, but adds that more concentrates, capsules, and flower strains will be available soon.
Theory of Health and Wellness
The first marijuana retail store in Berkshire County was Theory Wellness. The company has made social justice a priority, creating a program that will provide a zero-interest loan and cannabis inventory on consignment to an economic empowerment entrepreneur. The marijuana is grown at the company’s “in-house state-of-the-art facility” and sold at the Great Barrington location as well as the Bridgewater medical-only location.
Canna Provisions is a cannabis dispensary.
Canna Provisions in Lee is run by a group of people who have previously worked in Colorado and the northeast. According to the company’s website, they represent “cannabis industry specialists and pioneers who wish to build pleasant outposts for locals and visitors.”
Bloom Brothers is a family-owned and operated business
Bloom Brothers were formed by three Berkshire County brothers and distributed cannabis grown and manufactured by Massachusetts-licensed cultivators and manufacturers, according to its website.
The Passing Through
According to The Pass, the dispensary is housed in an “airy, modern barn,” with items from The Pass and its partners.
Northeast Alternatives, Inc. is a company based in New York City.
Northeast Alternatives, based in Fall River, prides itself on being a customer-focused marijuana company that values innovation and community. The Fall River-based company, which started in January 2019, promotes marijuana’s “life-changing effects” through the flower, edibles, concentrates, and topical treatments.
Solar Therapeutics, Inc. is a biotech company based in California.
Solar Therapeutics has a retail location in Somerset, with another in Seekonk on the way. More than 100 parking spaces are available at the Somerset facility. The company wants to reduce its carbon footprint and claims that by owning its microgrid assets, which include solar arrays, battery storage, and cogeneration units, it would be able to offset at least 60% of its carbon emissions.
Hope Heal Health, Inc. is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping people heal.
Hope Heal Health bills itself as a “modern medical marijuana dispensary” that caters to both recreational and medical marijuana users. The dispensary contains elevators and a wheelchair-accessible area.
Group for Alternative Therapies
Alternative Therapies Group was one of the first to enter the Massachusetts marijuana market. It was the state’s first medical dispensary in 2015, the state’s buy weed online in December 2018, and the first retail location in the state’s eastern region.
Apothca
Apothca, a medical and adult-use cannabis business near Lynn, claims its 26-acre growing, extraction, and cooking facility has 50 years of combined experience. The company also operates a recreational dispensary in Eugene, Oregon, as well as a Colombian license for non-psychoactive production (or hemp/CBD).
INSA
This retail shop in Salem is one of several INSA outlets in Massachusetts. The INSA name is “a combination of the cannabis strains indica and sativa,” according to the company’s CEO.
Stem
Stem is the second economic empowerment applicant to open in Massachusetts, having established in downtown Haverhill during the coronavirus outbreak. Customers must make appointments throughout the pandemic.
Fettle (Fine)
During the coronavirus outbreak, Fine Fettle opened in Rowley in June 2020. During the pandemic, hours may differ.
Dispensary of the Mission
4Front Ventures, a multi-state cannabis operator and retailer, established Mission Dispensary in August 2020 for retail sales in Georgetown.
Valley of Happiness
In August 2020, Happy Valley, a “stone’s throw” from the area’s beaches and lighthouses, opened for adult-use sales.
Patriotic Concerns
On April 2, 2019, Patriot Care began retail operations in Greenfield. The facility is expected to remain in Greenfield for the foreseeable future, and it now offers identical services to the Patriot Care branch in Lowell. Patriot Care was the first to scout the city, according to Mayor William Martin, who was the first customer at the Greenfield business. Greenfield has now approved eight recreational marijuana sales licenses.
Farmacy (253)
253 Farmacy is a “deli-style cannabis bazaar,” according to its website. The company’s cannabis farm is on-site in Montague’s Turners Falls neighborhood.
Therapeutics with Silver
The Orange location of Silver Therapeutics, which also has a facility in Williamstown, has opened.
Mass Alternative Care, Inc. is a non-profit organization that provides alternative health care to
Mass Alternative Care claims to make small-batch cannabis with in-house flower grown at its Chicopee facility, as well as local items obtained from around the state. In September of 2018, the company began accepting medical marijuana patients.
Theory of Health and Wellness
Theory Wellness’ Chicopee facility offers pre-order services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Orders must be picked up the same day if ordered between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. According to the company’s website, orders submitted after 7 p.m. will be available for pick-up the next day.
Cannabis Connection, Inc. is a company that specializes in the legalization of
During the coronavirus outbreak, Cannabis Connection launched in Westfield.
The Boston Bud Factory is a brewery in Boston, Massachusetts.
In the summer of 2020, the Boston Bud Factory will open in Holyoke.
CannaProvisions
CannaProvisions, which has a retail location in Lee, has opened a location in Holyoke.
INSA
In late 2018, INSA became Western Massachusetts’ second big marijuana store. The name is a “conflation of the cannabis strains indica and sativa,” according to the company’s CEO. In Springfield, the company also operates a medical dispensary. In the historic Keystone Mill buildings, the business sells flower, concentrates, edibles, pre-rolled joints, and more.
Treatment Access in New England
In November 2018, the Northampton location of New England Treatment Access debuted on the same day as Cultivate, making them the first two businesses in Massachusetts to formally sell retail marijuana goods. Customers went to the store in droves to buy cannabis goods, and the company paid off handsomely for Northampton: the city received more than $700,000 in tax income. NETA Northampton sells identical marijuana items as its Brookline counterpart.
Rise Holdings, Inc. is a holding company that invests in real estate.
In six states around the US, Rise distributes medical and recreational cannabis.
Colonial Cannabis Company is a cannabis company based in the United
Colonial Cannabis first opened its doors during the coronavirus outbreak, and now has ambitions to expand to Pittsfield. Customers are encouraged to order ahead of time from the online menu and schedule a pickup time during the pandemic.
Curaleaf
The Ware outpost of Curaleaf, which already has outlets in Oxford and Provincetown, has opened.
CannaProvisions
The Easthampton location of CannaProvisions, which already has locations in Holyoke and Lee, is now open.
Gage Cannabis Company is a cannabis company based in California.
According to the company’s website, Gage Cannabis Company chose a moniker that pays reference to a nickname for cannabis used in the jazz scene in the early 1900s.
Patriotic Concerns
Patriot Care has two retail licenses for storefronts in Greenfield and Lowell, as well as a medical license for its dispensary in Boston, which it opened in 2016. The company claims that its mission is to change people’s perceptions of cannabis, both experienced and new users, and that its stores would provide quality, comfort, and competitive costs.
Temescal Wellness is a wellness center in Temescal, California
Temescal Wellness, which opened in Hudson in mid-February 2019, was the first retail marijuana operation outside of Boston in MetroWest. The store has a comparable selection of products as the Pittsfield location. Customers can only go to the business after a parking issue by parking in a satellite lot and boarding a shuttle, unless they are handicapped or have a medical marijuana license.
Remedy from the Garden
In 2016, Garden Remedies began selling medical cannabis, and more recently, adult-use cannabis. According to the company’s website, it includes confidential consultation rooms for consumers who want to ask questions about cannabis use in private.
Garden Remedies is a dispensary that sells both medical and recreational marijuana.
Hours: Monday through Thursday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; in Marlborough, Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Remedy from the Garden
Cultivate, a recreational marijuana retailer, has launched in Framingham, its second store following Leicester in 2018. John Horner Photography captured this image.
Cultivate
During the coronavirus pandemic, Cultivate Holdings launched its second store in Framingham. Cultivate, which opened in Leicester in November 2018, was one of the first two stores in Massachusetts to sell recreational marijuana. Customers are asked to make a reservation before visiting the store during the pandemic.
Massachusetts-based Nature’s Remedy, Inc.
During the coronavirus pandemic, Nature’s Remedy opened in Tyngsborough. Millbury also has a location for the corporation.
Temescal Wellness is a wellness center in Temescal, California
Temescal Wellness, with locations in Pittsfield and Hudson, has opened in Framingham for adult use.
The Green Lady Dispensary, Inc. is a cannabis dispensary in Los Angeles, California.
Family-owned dispensary in Nantucket. The Green Lady Dispensary is likewise run by women and minorities. The facility, which is 30 miles out in the Atlantic, features an indoor cannabis grow system that uses LED grow lights to save energy.
Treatment Access in New England
When New England Treatment Access’ Brookline branch launched for retail operations in March, it drew over 2,000 consumers. The store was the first to sell recreational marijuana in Greater Boston, as well as the first to be accessible by public transportation. With its Northampton location, NETA was one of the first retail outlets to launch. The Brookline shop is housed in an old bank, and the design of the building has been preserved.
CommCan, Inc. is a company that specializes in communications.
Millis has a recreational cannabis store, and Southborough has a medical-only facility. According to its website, the company is handled entirely by native Massachusetts citizens, with no outside consultants, investors, or management firms involved.
Medicinals from Sanctuary
Sanctuary Medicinals launched in Brookline’s Coolidge Corner neighborhood in August 2020. It’s the first Sanctuary in Massachusetts to be exclusively for adults. It is presently only available for reserve-ahead reservations.
Verilife
In late 2018, Verilife, the first marijuana retailer in southeastern Massachusetts (between Boston and Providence), opened its doors in Wareham. Customer service, education, and patient care are all promoted by the corporation, which is owned by Pharmacann, a Chicago-based parent company. Verilife, like several of its competitors, provides pick-up and delivery services for medical marijuana.
In Good Health, Inc. is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving people’s
In Good Health is a 16,000-square-foot establishment in Brockton that sells medical and recreational marijuana.
M3 Ventures, Inc. is a company based in New York City.
The enterprise, known as Triple M, is locally owned and operated. Triple M grows and processes all of its goods in Plymouth. In Mashpee, the company operates a medical-only practice.
Pure Paradise
Pure Oasis, which opened in the Grove Hall neighborhood of Dorchester on March 9, 2020, was not only Boston’s first recreational marijuana shop, but also the first to open with a license from the Cannabis Control Commission’s economic empowerment program, which was created to assist people who have been disproportionately affected by the war on drugs.
Roots in Berkshire
Berkshire Roots, which already has a branch in Pittsfield, will launch its second adult-use store in East Boston in summer 2020. Online ordering is now available at the store.
Caroline’s Hashish
Caroline’s Cannabis, the first independent “mom and pop” retail cannabis store in Massachusetts, debuted last month in Uxbridge. Caroline Frankel, the proprietor of the shop, described it as a “country-inspired cannabis boutique” with a distinct atmosphere from the other marijuana stores run by large corporations. Caroline sells seven flower strains, edibles, extracts, tinctures, and topical items, competing with the larger brands.
Cultivate Holdings is a company that specializes in growing crops.
Cultivate in Leicester held the distinction of selling marijuana for the first time in the state. Cultivate, the first of many outlets to sell to recreational customers, debuted in Massachusetts on Nov. 20, 2018. On the first day, almost 1,000 clients arrived, many of whom came from all around the state and beyond. The establishment in Leicester grows all of its marijuana flower on-site and offers a wide range of goods.
Chemistry that works
As the city’s first retail marijuana operation, Good Chemistry, a Colorado-based company, opened its doors in Worcester, guaranteeing high-quality cannabis products and co-locating its recreational operation with its existing medicinal dispensary on Harrison Street.
Nature’s Cure
Nature’s Remedy launched in Millbury on Sept. 27, the same week that Governor Charlie Baker issued a temporary ban on the sale of vaping products. The company offers a full range of cannabis products, including flower, edibles, topicals, and other cannabis-related items, and plans to operate a second adult-use dispensary in Tyngsborough in early 2020.
Medicinals from Sanctuary
Sanctuary Medicinals, which specializes in cultivating and selling high-quality marijuana, just launched a retail location in Gardner. The company is sowing seeds across southern New England, with three more medical dispensaries set to open this year in Danvers, Woburn, and Conway, New Hampshire, as well as another retail location in Brookline. In Plymouth, Sanctuary Medicinals already has a medical dispensary.
Curaleaf
Curaleaf began selling recreational marijuana in November 2019, but only after clients have made an appointment online. It is the country’s largest marijuana corporation, with operations in 14 states.
Diem
Diem, Worcester’s second recreational marijuana business, opened during the coronavirus outbreak.
Verilife
Verilife has launched a retail presence in Shrewsbury, in addition to its Wareham location.
Resinate
Resinate, a medical and adult-use marijuana dispensary, debuted in Worcester in 2020.
Bud’s Provisions & Goods
Bud’s Goods will open in the fall of 2020. Alex Mazin sought to rehabilitate a Worcester building from the 1930s while also working to legalize marijuana.