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Baker signs marijuana delay amid protest

Pro-marijuana activists are planning to rally at the State House to protest a potential delay to the start of marijuana retail sales. Marcio Jose Sanchez / AP

Governor Charlie Baker on Friday signed into law a measure delaying several parts of the state’s new marijuana legalization law, announcing the move just as demonstrators gathered outside the State House to urge him to veto the plan.

The likely opening date for recreational marijuana stores in Massachusetts will now be delayed by half a year — from January to July 2018.

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