Massachusetts Pot Advocates Want to Close the “Pay-to-Play” Tax Loopholes

Cannabis Now
By Jimi DevineJan 24, 2019, 5:36 pm230 pts
According to industry advocates, most of the contracts between Massachusetts cannabis businesses and the cities and towns that host them, called Host Community Agreements, are illegal according to the letter of the law — and if the state wants cannabis businesses to succeed, that needs to change as soon as…

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