By Gintautas [email protected] 90,000 square foot facility in Leicester, which will cultivate, process and package marijuana products, on Thursday received the approval of Massachusetts regulators.The Cannabis Control Commission signed off on provisional licenses on in-door cultivation and product manufacturing for East Coast Organics LLC.The five-member commission also handed out provisional licenses to the following marijuana businesses: Caroline’s Cannabis of Uxbridge (retail); Commonwealth Cultivation Inc. in Pittsfield (cultivation); Curaleaf Massachusetts Inc., of Webster and Oxford (cultivation, product manufacturing and retailing); and Theory Wellness, Inc. in Great Barrington (retail). The commission also signed off on final licenses to a key part of the nascent marijuana supply chain: CDX Analytics of Salem and MCR Labs LLC of Framingham, independent testing laboratories.The two labs are involved in testing medical marijuana. State law calls for recreational marijuana to be tested for safety before it can be sold.
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