Politics & Government

Pot Shop Decisions Due This Week

The state is expected to winnow its list of more than 100 applicants to as many as 35 licensed medical marijuana operations.

Written by Chris Helms

The state is expected to approve as many as 35 medical marijuana dispensaries by the end of the week, according to the Associated Press via the Herald.

About 100 groups have applied to the Department of Public Health for the licenses to open medical pot shops around the state, including one in neighboring Needham.

The licenses are being awarded by county, with at least one and no more than five per county. 

Wellesley is in Norfolk County, where the following groups have applied for licenses:

Group Name, Name of CEO/ED, City or Town


Baystate Medical Enterprises, Inc., Catherine Cametti, Franklin

Commonwealth BioPharm, Inc., Matthew Clark, Franklin

Ermont, John D. Hudson, Quincy

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G2 New England Inc., Fotis Loulourgas, Stoughton

Mass Medicum Corp., Dr. James Kurnick, Holbrook

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Middlesex Integrative Medicine, Inc, Nancy J. Khoury, Norwood

New England Apothecary, Inc., Collin Ward, Brookline

New England Treatment Access, Inc., Kevin Fisher, Brookline

New England Wellspring, Inc, Dr. Stefanie Lipton, Needham

The Anita W. Compassion Center, Inc., Jonathan Waxman, Norwood


For official information on medical pot in Massachusetts, visit the state's website on the subject.


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