Marijuana legalization leads to rethinking of Massachusetts alcohol laws
The need to regulate Massachusetts' newly legal marijuana industry is leading to attempts to revamp state alcohol regulations.
State Treasurer Deborah Goldberg said in an interview with The Republican/MassLive.com this week that she was prompted to form a new Alcohol Task Force while looking at how other states regulate marijuana.
"While looking at cannabis, we saw what a lot of other states were doing around alcohol usage and control," Goldberg said. "One of the models happens to have taken their alcoholic beverage commission and expanded its role."
Goldberg's office is in charge of the Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission, the commission that enforces laws and regulations relating to the sale, purchase, possession and manufacturing of alcohol in the state. That is the reason that the state's marijuana law, which voters passed in November, placed regulation of marijuana under the treasurer's office as well. Goldberg is now tasked with creating and overseeing a new Cannabis Control Commission to oversee the legal marijuana industry.
http://www.masslive.com/politics/index.ssf/2017/01/marijuana_legalization_leads_t.html
