Under the proposed regulations, there would be a variety of ways to buy weed, something dispensaries have openly disagreed with.

“We listen, we take everything you’re hearing from all sides under consideration. I will tell you that all of the things we decided in terms of our draft regulations, we decided in public. So people understand the debate we had, what the commissioners had to say and how we tried to make those decisions,” said Hoffman.

He added that safety was a large priority of the Commission. While creating regulations for Massachusetts, they looked at other states and alcohol regulations.

“Safe, social consumption is allowed in alcohol and we’re trying to make sure that we allow for very safe, regulated, social consumption for cannabis.”