Coming soon to Mass.: Walk into store. Buy a joint. Sit and smoke it there.
A new American industry could soon blossom on the deck of Tara Bass’s small marijuana store in the tiny community of Skagway, Alaska, nestled between the Coast Mountains and the deepest salt-water fjord in North America.
If all goes according to plan, by the time tourists start arriving via cruise ships this spring, the Remedy Shoppe will offer recreational pot that can be bought and consumed in the same place — one of the first legal cannabis cafés in the United States.
It’s the kind of business that is likely to open in the next few years in Massachusetts, providing a place for adults to buy a joint and smoke it with their friends. Such establishments could jostle with bars for the business of consumers looking to take the edge off after work.
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