August 6, 2026

RAM Board Votes to Stop the Repeal, Invests in Campaign to Keep Cannabis Legal

Earlier this summer, the RAM Board of Directors voted unanimously to join the fight to oppose the proposed ballot question that would repeal the 10-year-old state law making recreational cannabis legal.

Despite best efforts, earlier legal challenges to the proposed question and the certification of required signatures were unsuccessful in stopping the proposal from advancing.  The repeal ballot question will now proceed and will be on the ballot this November.  The campaign has begun.

RAM and your Board of Directors remain committed to supporting our 200 members operating in the legal cannabis industry.  To that end, RAM recently made a significant contribution to Committee to Protect Cannabis Regulation in the amount of $100,000. 

Ballot question fights are difficult and costly.  The months ahead will require a coordinated industry effort, but we are confident that with unified opposition, it is a fight we can win.  Massachusetts voters decided this issue many years ago and we cannot allow a small group of wealthy, out-of-state, anti-cannabis activists to destroy an industry that has:

•    Created over 20,000 local Massachusetts jobs
•    Delivered over $2 billion in tax revenue, $300 million annually
•    Created a regulated, safe and tested marketplace
 

RAM is proud to join the Committee to Protect Cannabis Regulation in leading the No on 8, Keep Marijuana Legal campaign to defeat this ballot question and protect the regulated recreational cannabis industry.  

This isn't about expanding cannabis.  This campaign is about preserving the regulated marketplace that exists today and the businesses, employees, and communities that depend on it and the local jobs and tax dollars it provides.

We urge you to join us in this effort, and to Vote NO on 8. 

MA Gov. Healey & AG Campbell Revise Guidance on Haitian TPS

See: Guidance for Employers Regarding Immigration and Work Authorization (Revised - August 2026) 

Sales Tax Holiday Weekend is Here!
  

The sales tax exemption applies for those two days to any retail purchase made in the Commonwealth, both in-store and online, of $2,500 or less, with certain exceptions.  While the rules of the holiday weekend remain unchanged, members are encouraged to review these helpful FAQs from the MA Department of Revenue (DOR). 
 
For more information, the specific rules governing the Sales Tax Holiday can be found in the DOR regulation, 830 CMR 64H.1.8: Sales Tax Holiday