Photos: One year ago today, marijuana buyers got an early start
Looking back at the crowds that came out for day one of legal adult-use marijuana sales in Mass.
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The raindrops were falling on their heads, but that didn’t stop the local residents who’d been looking forward to the legal sale of recreational marijuana in Massachusetts from getting in line early one year ago, when the first two retail stores opened on Nov. 20, 2018.
Cultivate in Leicester and New England Treatment Access (NETA) in Northampton drew large crowds on that sleety November morning, kicking off a year of learning and growing (no pun intended) for the owners of those shops. Below, some images from the historic occasion.
A man wearing a “Potsquatch” costume poses with customers outside New England Treatment Access on the first day of legal recreational marijuana sales, Nov. 20, 2018, in Northampton, Massachusetts.
Customers line up outside the Cultivate dispensary in Leicester, Massachusetts, to purchase recreational marijuana on the first day of legal sales.
NETA employee Nicole Heisler, of Watertown, passed out muffins to people standing in line on opening day.
Jennifer DePerrio, center, laughs as she waits in line at the opening of Cultivate.
Jason Owen, of Northampton, pays for his order at NETA.
Jen Borgstedte, 29, of Pawtucket, looks at the menu at Cultivate.
The weather wasn’t much better a year ago today, but that didn’t stop people from lining up at NETA.
Northampton Mayor David Narkewicz makes the first purchase of recreational marijuana from NETA co-founder Arnon Vared.
People waited in line one year ago for the opening of Cultivate.
Cannabis products displayed at Cultivate on the first day of legal recreational marijuana sales.
Robert Golembeski, left, of Chepachet, Rhode Island, compares his driver’s license with that of another customer as they wait outside Cultivate.
A customer purchases recreational marijuana at Cultivate.
Gary Lola, center, was all smiles as he purchased recreational marijuana at Cultivate.
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