Massachusetts regulators have issued the state’s first cannabis research facility license to a unit of multistate operator Curaleaf Holdings.
The Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission (CCC) unanimously approved the application of Curaleaf Processing to operate a marijuana research lab in Newton, the agency said in a news release.
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“We are excited to move the state’s first-ever Research Facility license forward in the hopes that it will contribute to a safer regulated cannabis industry, rooted in science,” CCC Acting Chair Bruce Stebbins said in a statement.
Curaleaf Processing is a unit of Massachusetts-based Curaleaf, which operates 149 marijuana stores and 19 cultivation sites in 17 states.
The permit allows any academic institution, nonprofit or commercial business to conduct a specified research study over a
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