As Massachusetts lawmakers grapple with legalizing aspects of marijuana use and cultivation, they are addressing some vital issues. Growing cannabis requires the right environment to safely flourish. It can smell foul; it’s valuable, and it can occasionally attract some unsavory visitors. Home-grown cannabis may be the only legal choice for vast swaths of the population to access adult-use marijuana. With those facts in mind, on Monday, July 23, 2018, the Massachusetts Joint Committee on Marijuana Policy fine-tuned language that may help the state’s residents legally obtain — and grow — their weed. Though Massachusetts legalized adult-use marijuana on Nov. 8, 2016, the state still lacks any shops where those 21 and older can legally purchase it. The first license for a marijuana business was issued June 21, 2018, and its first provisional license for a recreational-use dispensary was ussyed July 2, 2018. As a result, home cultivation looks to be the fastest — and for now, the only
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