“I don’t know if they are aware to the extent of that they are losing out. Surely, the state must know the amount of revenue cannabis is producing for Massachusetts. And so, the state is missing out on a tremendous amount of capital.” We educate all of our customers on the legality issues and how things work with the law. We can’t attest to what happens to the product after it leaves our store. The assumption then is that person is consuming the product in Massachusetts because it is federally illegal to bring it back over state lines. The law does not say we cannot sell to somebody with a New Hampshire-based license.
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You know there are New Hampshire customers because you have to check a license to come in to the dispensary. All the Massachusetts residents would drive up to New Hampshire to purchase alcohol and tobacco and still do today,” Cassotis said. They’re just doing the exact opposite of what was happening for so many years with the relationship of Massachusetts and New Hampshire with things like alcohol and tobacco. Don’t make the mistake that everybody in New Hampshire who wants to buy recreational cannabis isn’t doing it.”
That’s a tremendous amount of capital being recycled back into these local communities and the state itself. “I’d have to check the exact figure, but I think it is $2 billion in sales since Massachusetts launched in 2018. “It certainly wouldn’t be for the tax reasons,” Cassotis said. I ask him why New Hampshire seems afraid of allowing adult-use recreational legislation? He grew up in Londonderry and still lives in Southern New Hampshire.Īt just 10 miles from the New Hampshire border, Cassotis explains that southern New Hampshire residents are happy to drive over the border and pick up their cannabis. He is a tall, thin man who is energized and passionate when talking about cannabis, the term he uses for his company’s products. Its website states that it is Massachusetts’ premier recreational marijuana dispensary. On a rare 50-degree day in February, I sat down with William Cassotis, president and CEO of Lazy River Products in Dracut, Massachusetts.
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Supporters and opponents repeated many of the same arguments they have for years touting potential revenue on the plus side and turning state agencies into drug cartels on the downside. The bill now must be reviewed by the House Finance Committee before a final vote and if it passes, faces an uphill battle in the Senate. House Bill 1598, which would legalize the recreational use of marijuana in New Hampshire, was approved by the House Wednesday on a 235-119 vote. Would it work in New Hampshire, which is now surrounded by states that have all legalized recreational marijuana use for adults – Maine, Massachusetts and Vermont.
How Massachusetts is fighting the war on drugs with cannabis. Lazy River Products CEO/President, William Cassotis and Director of Cultivation, Kevin Platt are pictured with small marijuana plants in the mother room setup.
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