MEETING SUMMARY:
Cannabis Advisory Board | Cannabis Industry Subcommittee| Notice of Public Meeting | 11/21/2017
[CONTINUED FROM LAST MEETING] Social Use and Social Consumption voted and approved recommendations by Michael Latulippe
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7 ISSUES TOTAL:
1. ISSUE: What consumption limits placed on individuals?
2. ISSUE: Is smoking allowed, how do you protect employees from secondhand smoke?
3. ISSUE: Should it be narrower, broader, or the same as the ability to regulate time/location/manner of operations that municipalities have over other marijuana establishments?
4. ISSUE: What elements should be considered at the local level?
5. ISSUE: What are the minimum essential components of social consumption regulations that need to be addressed in the future in order to have a functioning program?
6. ISSUE: LICENSING
7. ISSUE: PACKAGING
1. ISSUE: What consumption limits placed on individuals?
- Recommendation 5[EDITED]: SCHEDULED TO BE VOTED ON NEXT WEEK.
2. ISSUE: Is smoking allowed, how do you protect employees from secondhand smoke?
- Recommendation 2: The commission should develop strong air quality, odor control, and filtration requirements for designated smoking areas within onsite consumption marijuana retailers.
- Recommendation 3: The Commission should utilize any relevant language to 105 CMR 661.00 Regulations implementing M. GL. 270 as a guide when developing regulations to protect employees from second hand smoke.
- Recommendation 4: The Commission should prohibit employees from the handling of heavy machinery or kitchen equipment within an onsite consumption space contained inside an onsite consumption retailer.
3. ISSUE: Should it be narrower, broader, or the same as the ability to regulate time/location/manner of operations that municipalities have over other marijuana establishments?
- Recommendation 3: The Commission should develop guidance for municipalities on developing shot term event permits for offsite consumption similar to alcohol consumption permit given by a municipality.
4. ISSUE: What elements should be considered at the local level?
Recommendation 1 taken off the table, already in the law: ” Restrictions should not be “Unreasonable impractical.”
5. ISSUE: What are the minimum components of social consumption regulations that need to be addressed initially in order to have a functioning program?
- Recommendation 1: Minimum essential components include the following:
- – Onsite consumption marijuana retailer license categories and fees
- – As a part of education of staff, we recommend including Maximum Suggested Daily Exposure purchase limits in onsite retailers based on maximum suggested exposure standards set in the laboratory protocols
- – Security protocols,
- – Employee training to detect impairment
- – Zoning guidance for municipalities including what they can request of applicants and also what they can prohibit
- – Serving Size and amount of servings per onsite use package requirements
- – Lock box point of sale system with revenue tracking
- – Law Enforcement and public safety guidance
- – Labeling menu and re-usable packaging standards that differ from traditional cannabis package stores
- – Public health limitations and inspections
- – Air quality and filtration standards as well as odor control requirements
- – Equipments safety, cleaning, and inspection requirements including prohibitions on some equipment that may be dangerous to public safety. i.e. blow torches
- – Disposal/Recycling Requirements
- – Kitchen inspections including municipal guidance
- – Providing guardrails for professionals and licensed businesses so they don’t lose their license allowing onsite consumption
5. ISSUE: What are the minimum essential components of social consumption regulations that need to be addressed in the future in order to have a functioning program?
- Recommendation 2: The Commission should require all cannabis used in any licensed onsite consumption retailer must come from the regulated market including but not limited to licensed adult use cultivation centers manufacturers, cooperatives, or medical marijuana treatment centers that are co-located
- Recommendation 4: The Commission should require reusable containers for onsite consumption retailers to alleviate any environmental issues, children home access, and State to State drug trafficking concerns.
6. ISSUE: LICENSING
- Recommendation 5: The Commission should keep financial barriers to entry low for obtaining an onsite consumption retailer license to ensure local level interest.
- Recommendation 6: The Commission should give priority to onsite consumption marijuana retailer license applicants that are proposed for areas of the state heavily impacted by the drug war.
- Recommendation 7: The Commission should not require small gatherings of adults within onsite consumption retailers to acquire a special event license. The retailer is already managing state and local compliance so events under the maximum capacity of the retailer should not require special attention from the state.
7. ISSUE: PACKAGING
- 1 Recommendation: Use current DPH regulations as a starting point and require infused products to include what type of material was used to produce the infused product.
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Committee Chair: Chris Harding, Commissioner/Massachusetts Department of Revenue
Committee Members: Ray Berry, Chris Harding (chair), John Lebeaux, Jaime Lewis, Shanel Lindsey, Kim Napoli, Norton Arbalaez, Michael Latulippe, Michael Dundas, Mary Ann Pesce, Horace Small, Lydia Sisson