The Commonwealth Dispensary Association (CDA) is dropping its lawsuit against the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission (CCC) over the state’s new delivery rules.
Some applicants for delivery licenses said the lawsuit was an “attack on equity,” according to MassLive.com. Cannabis equity advocates advocated for a boycott of companies associated with the CDA, and 11 businesses recently left the association, Law360 reported.
The CDA issued a Jan. 25 statement that said “it is in the best interest of the industry and our members” to withdraw the lawsuit, which raised concerns about social equity applicants being the only applicants eligible to receive dispensary licenses for three years.
In addition, the CDA wrote, “The past several days have motivated our organization to look inwards, and outwards, to work together to create real positive change.”
Per The Boston Globe, the CCC had previously proposed that “Uber Eats-style couriers would pick up all delivery orders from traditional marijuana stores.” That changed so that under the new rules, delivery licensees will “operate essentially like existing retailers, buying bulk quantities of marijuana products from suppliers and reselling that inventory to consumers."
