Research snapshot · Development · 31 August 2026

Marijuana regulation in Massachusetts: 19 towns on the record, the pace easing

This page is a snapshot, cut 31 August 2026, of a topic that moves. Below is the shape of the movement, read from the towns' own meeting records, and the way to get a view of it that stays current.

Already a well-mapped Known topic with 9 events. No portfolio exposure.Our definition of the class, 29 August 2026.

Snapshot taken 31 August 2026, based on 29 dated municipal records flagged as marijuana regulation in Massachusetts, spanning 19 municipalities. The topic moves; a later cut supersedes this page.

What this page is for one topic at state or national scope, told as a story: how it arrived, the shape of its movement, a dated snapshot of a moving record, and the door to a view of it that stays current. If it does not, write to us; that is what changes the next edition.

The story so far

The record starts in Sandwich, 5 May 2014. Since then 19 Massachusetts towns have put the topic on a meeting record, the newest of them Lexington on 15 June 2026.

The last 90 days put 2 meetings on the record, well down from 7 in the 90 days before.

It runs through the rooms where budgets and ordinances are made: Legislature — 194th General Court, Board of Health and City Council.

The shape of the movement

Dated meetings on the record at this scope, quarter by quarter, and the same 90-day count as a rolling line, whose right-hand point is that number. Counts of documents, never a reading of what they decided.
QuarterMeetingsTowns
Sep 2025 to Nov 202541
Dec 2025 to Feb 202684
Mar 2026 to May 202675
Jun 2026 to Aug 2026 (current)22

a rolling 90-day total, so the right-hand point is that same 90-day count. The busiest stretch was Dec 2025 to Feb 2026, with 8 meetings.

The towns on the record19, earliest first

Every Massachusetts town carrying the topic, the earliest first, each with its latest document.
Sandwichearliest 2014-05-05 · 2 meetings · latest 2022-11-14 · the document Special Town Meeting Warrant November 14, 2022
Clintonearliest 2018-06-04 · 1 meeting · latest 2018-06-04 · the document 2018 Annual Town Meeting Warrant for June 4, 2018 (PDF)
Peabodyearliest 2022-11-22 · 1 meeting · latest 2022-11-22 · the minutes 11/22/2022 - Regular Meeting
Graftonearliest 2023-12-15 · 1 meeting · latest 2023-12-15 · a report Week Ending December 15 2023
State of MAearliest 2025-05-29 · 9 meetings · latest 2026-01-27 · the document H4008: Relative to increasing the local option tax in the city of Salem on the sale of marijuana and marijuana products
Billericaearliest 2026-01-15 · 3 meetings · latest 2026-02-02 · the agenda 2026-02-02 Select Board Agenda
Salemearliest 2026-01-22 · 1 meeting · latest 2026-01-22 · the minutes Agenda center file NEW Updated Posting - City Council Committee on Ordinances, Licenses and Legal Affairs co-posted with
Eastlong Meadowearliest 2026-01-27 · 2 meetings · latest 2026-01-27 · the agenda Town Council Meeting
Medfordearliest 2026-03-25 · 1 meeting · latest 2026-03-25 · the meeting packet City Council and Community Development Board Joint Meeting 2026-03-25 — 2026.03.25 - Medford City Council and Community
Pembrokeearliest 2026-03-31 · 1 meeting · latest 2026-03-31 · the agenda Board of Health Meeting Agenda
Franklinearliest 2026-04-01 · 3 meetings · latest 2026-05-06 · the agenda Bylaw 248: Sales-New regulations prohibiting synthetically intoxicating products-Board of Health
Brooklineearliest 2026-04-13 · 1 meeting · latest 2026-04-13 · the meeting packet Advisory Council of Public Health 2026-04-13 — ACPH April 13th Agenda Packet
Amesburyearliest 2026-05-19 · 1 meeting · latest 2026-05-19 · the agenda Board of Health Meeting Agenda (PDF)
Burlingtonearliest 2026-06-08 · 1 meeting · latest 2026-06-08 · the agenda Regular Meeting
Lexingtonearliest 2026-06-15 · 1 meeting · latest 2026-06-15 · the agenda Select Board Hybrid Meeting - June 15, 2026 AGENDA

And 4 more towns on the record, in an account view.

From the record

The most recent documents behind this page, one per town. Each link opens the town's own file.

15 June 2026 · Lexington Select Board (SB)

the agenda, on the town's own site Select Board Hybrid Meeting - June 15, 2026 AGENDA

8 June 2026 · Burlington Select Board

the agenda, on the town's own site Regular Meeting

19 May 2026 · Amesbury Board of Health

the agenda, on the town's own site Board of Health Meeting Agenda (PDF)

6 May 2026 · Franklin Legal Notices

the agenda, on the town's own site Bylaw 248: Sales-New regulations prohibiting synthetically intoxicating products-Board of Health

Companies on this record65 companies, 19 documents

Named in the same documents that carry this topic, read from the record itself: the firms designing, building and advising the work, each with where the record places them:
ComcastMedford, North Attleborough
VerizonMedford, North Attleborough
Bay Path UniversityEastlong Meadow
22 CommuneBillerica
99 Restaurant & PubBillerica
Billerica Adventure Series CorpBillerica
Billerica Community Farmers MarketBillerica
Blackstone Valley Town Administrator/MangerGrafton
Borrower ServicesGrafton
Boys and Girls Club of Greater BillericaBillerica
Building/ZoningGrafton
Casa Blanca Mexican Restaurant & CantinaBillerica
CemeteryGrafton
Center for Active LivingSandwich
CF Elite Club Peabody, LLCPeabody
CF Elite Sports ClubsPeabody
ClearGovGrafton
CMRPCGrafton
Commonwealth Critical Infrastructure Program (CCIP)Grafton
Commune All Day CaféLexington
Community Development BoardMedford
Connor J. O’SheaEastlong Meadow
ConservationGrafton
CopartBillerica
Country Club of BillericaBillerica
DaiglePeabody
Dean CollegeFranklin
EACCGrafton
Eastlong Meadow, MA, MEEastlong Meadow
EggholicBurlington

And 35 more companies.

The documents naming each, and the threads they sit in, are the account view. If one of these is you, those are your projects on the record. Ask and we will show you every one, and the towns around them, as they move.

A snapshot of a moving record

Everything above is frozen at 31 August 2026; the topic is not. 57 more events on this topic carry no usable date and are counted, never dated. The counts follow where we read most: a town or a state absent here was not read at depth, and absence is not evidence the topic is absent there. A lighter-read state is not a ceiling; where you care about a region, pointing the system there is the first thing an account changes. How coverage is built, and its known limits: municipalalpha.com/methodology.

How we can tell you about it ongoing

We track this topic continuously; this page is one cut of it, taken 31 August 2026. An account turns the snapshot into a working view: every town and every document behind these counts, the thread on each matter as it develops, word of new meetings as they land on the record, your own states and topics side by side, and the data itself when you want it in a table. The towns above are the taste; what each is actually deciding, funding or stalling is the read an account carries.

Also at this scope: Marijuana regulation across the country. Counts and dates are computed from the documents on the record; the topic and its definition are ours. This page carries no subscriber content.

Marijuana regulation, Massachusetts

from the towns' own meeting records

Scope

Massachusetts

every topic this state carries

Area

Development

every topic in this area

Towns on the record

19

with a dated document on this topic

Earliest

5 May 2014

the documents' dates

Meetings, last 90 days

2 against 7 before

dated documents

Snapshot cut

31 August 2026

this page's date

A view that stays current

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