So you want to sell marijuana (legally)

Getting permission to sell this stuff is not easy.

 

You may have a passion for the product, but getting the go-ahead to start growing and selling marijuana in Massachusetts can be a long, expensive and difficult path.

Just ask Jeffrey Roos, CEO of Mass-Medi Spa, a potential dispensary in Norwell and Nantucket. Roos and his team have spent three years and about $300,000 in their journey to open. They’re still waiting.

After being rejected in the first round of applications (Roos and his team are suing the state because they say their application was fumbled) Mass Medi-Spa is one of 50 groups applying in the new phase that started June 29. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health, which oversees licensing, didn’t return messages seeking comment for this story.

“It’s been an uphill climb,” Roos said. “And it’s been rather arduous but we’re still...

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