Massachusetts Legalization

Status

Legalized

Became Law:

2016

ADULT-USE POSSESSION LIMITS

  • Flower: 1 oz
  • Concentrate: 5 g
  • Edibles: 500 mg THC
  • Private Residence: 10 oz

HOME CULTIVATION

  • Yes, up to six plants.

STATE-LICENSED RETAILERS OPERATIONAL

  • Yes

THC LIMITS ON COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE PRODUCTS

  • No

EDIBLES SERVING SIZE LIMITS

  • Serving: 5 mg
  • Package: 100 mg

EMPLOYMENT PROTECTIONS FOR OFF-THE-JOB CONSUMPTION

  • No

PROCESS TO EXPUNGE/SEAL PAST CONVICTIONS

  • Yes. State law stipulates, “[A] court may order the expungement of a record created as a result of a criminal court appearance … if the court determines based on clear and convincing evidence that the record was created as a result of … an offense at the time of the creation of the record which at the time of expungement is no longer a crime.”
  • Details

PER SE TRAFFIC SAFETY LIMITS

  • No

PENALTIES FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION

  • Yes. No person shall consume marijuana in a public place or smoke marijuana where smoking tobacco is prohibited. A person who violates this subsection shall be punished by a civil penalty of not more than $100.