Cannabis industry in Mass. continues to evolve

OF CANNABIS POLICY IN THE UNITED STATES, THE AIR IS THICK WITH UNCERTAINTY AND ANTICIPATION AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL, CONFLICTING REGULATIONS AND SHIFTING ATTITUDES TOWARD CANNABIS. BUT AS THE FIRST STATE ON THE EAST COAST TO LEGALIZE RECREATIONAL CANNABIS FOR ADULTS, MASSACHUSETTS CONTINUES TO MOVE FORWARD. ITS $5.5 BILLION THAT AND REVENUE FROM FROM CANNABIS REALLY, REALLY BEAUTIFUL PRODUCT HERE. AND THIS IS WHAT BECOMES YOUR SMOKABLE FLOWER RIGHT THERE. ONE OF OUR PRODUCTS THAT WE MAKE IS FRESH BAKED GOODS FROM LICENSED DISPENSARY. WE ARE REALLY INTERESTED IN BEING A PART OF THE COMMUNITY AND DOING STUFF THAT PROMOTES CANNABIS EDUCATION. TO THE QUIET HUM OF CANNABIS CULTIVATION FROM SEED TO PACKAGE PRODUCT. IT GOES THE ENTIRE WAY. TONIGHT WE DIG INTO THE WORLD OF CANNABIS. HOW FAR MASSACHUSETTS HAS COME IN SEVEN YEARS AND WHERE THERE IS STILL ROOM TO GROW. THIS IS CHRONICLE ON WCVB. CHANNEL FIVE. IT ALL STARTED BACK IN 2018, WITH LINES STRETCHED FOR WHAT SEEMED LIKE MILES, OR THE FIRST STORES OPEN EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI. SHOPS FILLED WITH EAGER AND EXCITED CUSTOMERS. IT’S HAD A MASSIVE ECONOMIC IMPACT ON THE ENTIRE COMMONWEALTH, AND I DON’T THINK ANYONE COULD HAVE SEEN THIS COMING. JUST TAKE A DRIVE DOWN THE STREET AND YOU’RE BOUND TO SEE ONE, IF NOT 2 OR 3 DISPENSARIES. DID YOU WANT AN EIGHTH OR A QUARTER DISPENSARIES LIKE THE GREEN LADY IN NEWTON? WE WERE IN THE FERTILIZER INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURED FERTILIZERS FOR OVER 30 YEARS. AS MY DAUGHTERS GOT OLDER, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED TO THEM ABOUT THEIR INTEREST IN PERHAPS CONTINUING THE FAMILY BUSINESS. AND THERE WASN’T THAT THAT SPARK. SO CANNABIS HAD THE SPARK. IF CANNABIS HAD THE SPARK, OBVIOUSLY I WAS EXCITED ABOUT IT. MOTHER AND DAUGHTER NICOLE AND CLINTON CAMPBELL ARE THE FORCE BEHIND THE GREEN LADY, A DISPENSARY THAT GOT ITS START ON THE TINY ISLAND OF NANTUCKET, 30 MILES OUT TO SEA. WE OPENED IN 2019, IN NANTUCKET AND AT THE TIME, WE WERE THE 23RD BUSINESS TO OPEN IN THE STATE AND WE ARE CERTIFIED WOMAN OWNED, MINORITY OWNED. AND WE’RE ALSO FAMILY OWNED FROM HIGH TECH KIOSKS. YEAH. SO THIS IS OUR SELF-SERVE KIOSK. SO YOU HAVE ALL THESE DIFFERENT OPTIONS. YOU CAN SEE ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT PRODUCTS. YEAH. SO THIS WOULD BE IF SOMEONE REALLY NEEDS GUIDANCE THIS COULD HELP TO BUD TENDER BOOT CAMPS. I REALLY FELT LIKE IMMEDIATELY IT WAS JUST ONE ON ONE COMMUNICATION WHICH WAS REALLY NICE AND NEWLY LAUNCHED EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING IS THE YOUTUBE SERIES. THE CAMPBELL FAMILY HOPES THIS SETS THE GREEN LADY A BUD ABOVE THE REST, ESPECIALLY IN A TIME WHERE THE PRICE OF CANNABIS IN THE BAY STATE HAS DROPPED SIGNIFICANTLY. THINGS WERE QUITE EXPENSIVE IN THE BEGINNING, SO NOW YOU GET MORE FOR YOUR MONEY, WHICH IS REALLY IS A GREAT THING FOR THE AVERAGE CONSUMER. ACTING CHAIR OF THE CANNABIS CONTROL COMMISSION, AVA CONCEPCION. WE HAVE SEEN THAT PRICES HAVE DECREASED AND THAT’S FOR A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT REASONS. IT’S, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE MORE CULTIVATORS NOW. WE HAVE MORE MORE PEOPLE WHO ARE ONLINE LYNN MORE RETAILERS AT THE NANTUCKET LOCATION. ALL OF THE PRODUCTS ARE UNDER THE GREEN LADY UMBRELLA. BUT IN NEWTON, THE FLOWER, THE EDIBLES, THE VAPES AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN COME FROM A VARIETY OF SMALL BUSINESSES. I’M VERY SELECTIVE ABOUT WHAT I BRING IN THE STORE BECAUSE I DON’T WANT ANYONE COMING IN HERE AND GETTING SOMETHING THAT THEY DON’T LIKE AND ISN’T UP TO THAT STANDARD. WE REALLY ENJOY WORKING WITH OTHER SMALL FAMILY OWNED BUSINESSES IN THE STATE AND PROVIDING VALUE THROUGH OUR SERVICES. ONE OF THOSE BUSINESSES WITH A SIMILAR VISION IS NIMBUS CANNABIS COMPANY, LOCATED IN HUDSON, MASSACHUSETTS. WE’RE A TRUE CRAFT CANNABIS COMPANY. WE PRODUCE EVERYTHING HERE. WE DO EVERYTHING FROM SEEDLING UP THROUGH FINISHED GOOD IN THE KITCHEN, IN THE LAB, EVERYTHING. CHILDHOOD FRIENDS BRYAN ADAMS AND JUSTIN FOLEY STARTED THE COMPANY IN 2020. WE BUILT THE STATE OF THE ART FACILITY AS WE WERE GROWING, YOU KNOW, WE WERE LITERALLY BUILDING THE AIRPLANE AS WE WERE FLYING IT. OUR WHOLE GOAL WITH THE BRAND WAS CREATING SOMETHING THAT REALLY RESONATED WITH THE MASSACHUSETTS CONSUMER. WE TOOK A STEP INSIDE HUDSON BOTANICAL PROCESSING, WHERE NIMBUS PRODUCTS ARE. PRODUCED. IT’S LIKE THE HEARTBEAT OF THE PLACE, RIGHT? EVERYTHING STARTS HERE. AND THEN ONCE THEY’RE READY, THEY GET SWITCHED INTO BUDDING CYCLE AND THEY GO TO THE NEXT ROOMS FROM MARIJUANA PLANTS, FILLING ROOMS TO THC BEING MINED. SO AS THE MACHINE RAMPS IN TEMPERATURE, IT GETS TO A SET RANGE THAT WE FOUND COLLECT THE MOST PUREST FRACTIONS, AND THEN WE COLLECT THE FRACTIONS AND THESE PRODUCTS ARE ULTIMATELY WHAT GET USED IN EVERY OTHER PRODUCT WE MAKE. TWO VAPE CARTRIDGE CREATION. THE NIMBUS PRODUCTS CREATED HERE ARE THEN SHIPPED TO DISPENSARIES LIKE THE GREEN LADY AND MANY, MANY OTHER SHOPS ACROSS THE STATE. TWO YOUNG AND GROWING COMPANIES FINDING UNIQUE WAYS TO PUSH THE ENVELOPE IN AN EVER EVOLVING INDUSTRY. WE. AND BACK TO THE GREEN LADY, KELLY ANN SISTER RUNS A LOCATION ON NANTUCKET. BECAUSE CANNABIS IS NOT LEGAL UNDER FEDERAL LAW, IT CANNOT BE TRANSPORTED ONTO OR OFF THE ISLAND THROUGH FEDERAL WATERS, SO THEY HAVE TO GROW AND MAKE ALL THEIR PRODUCT ON THE ISLAND, NICOLE CAMPBELL SAYS THEY OFTEN USE THE NANTUCKET LOCATION TO DO SMALL RUNS OF EXPERIMENTAL PRODUCTS UNDER THE GREEN LADY NAME. UP NEXT, HOW DO YO