Who regulates cannabis retail in Massachusetts?

Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission (CCC) is the state cannabis regulator for Massachusetts. Official site: https://masscannabiscontrol.com.

What seed-to-sale track-and-trace system does Massachusetts use?

Massachusetts uses METRC (Franwell) for seed-to-sale traceability — the de-facto standard across most regulated states. CannAgent maps its inventory and transfer events to METRC's required fields.

What cannabis taxes apply to retail in Massachusetts?

At the register, as of September 2026: the 10.75% state cannabis excise, 6.25% state sales tax, and up to 3% local tax on adult-use sales; sales rung under the medical program are outside all three.

Is CannAgent available for Massachusetts dispensaries?

Not yet — Massachusetts is not open to new stores. Target: Early 2027. Join the waitlist. Targets, not promises. Each state's rules come first. Joining the MA list gets you one email when Massachusetts opens.

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Massachusetts is not open to new stores yet. Target: Early 2027. Join the waitlist.

The MA rules on this page are researched from the regulator’s and legislature’s own sources; the date we last checked them is in the regulator card below. There is nothing to sign up for here yet. The waitlist gets you one email when Massachusetts opens.

CCC

Target: Early 2027

Massachusetts dispensary POS for CCC rules

Written against CCC rules: the 10.75% state excise, 6.25% sales tax and up to 3% local tax on adult-use sales, none of the three on sales rung under the medical program, Metrc traceability, and the adult-use, medical and social-equity licence lanes.

Seed-to-sale system: Metrc (Franwell)
Taxes at the register: At the register, as of September 2026: the 10.75% state cannabis excise, 6.25% state sales tax, and up to 3% local tax on adult-use sales; sales rung under the medical program are outside all three.
Purchase limits: Not published on this page yet
CannAgent in MA: Target: Early 2027. Join the waitlist.

Regulator

Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission (CCC)

https://masscannabiscontrol.com ↗

We re-check this regulatormonthly— stable rules, low expected churnLast checked 2026-08-30. That is 26 days past the monthly re-check above — treat anything time-sensitive on this page as due for confirmation.

Your rules, handled

Massachusetts’s tax rules and purchase limits are written into CannAgent’s compliance engine from the rule text. Where a figure still waits on an answer from the CCC, it is flagged against the rule rather than guessed.

What we have written for Massachusetts

Massachusetts coverage is written against CCC rules: the 10.75 + 6.25 + local 3 tax stack, Metrc reporting, and the social-equity program. We say what is not built for Massachusetts before you sign.

Operator playbooks

Compliance ops playbook

State traceability reconciliation — the daily, weekly, monthly discipline

Buyer scorecard

Picking a cannabis POS: the 7-question scorecard

Migration playbook

POS migration: a 4-week playbook for cannabis dispensaries

Operations deep-dive

Cash discipline at a cannabis dispensary: variance, escalation, audit

Massachusetts cannabis retail — common questions

Who regulates cannabis retail in Massachusetts?: Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission (CCC) is the state cannabis regulator for Massachusetts. Official site: https://masscannabiscontrol.com.
What seed-to-sale track-and-trace system does Massachusetts use?: Massachusetts uses METRC (Franwell) for seed-to-sale traceability — the de-facto standard across most regulated states. CannAgent maps its inventory and transfer events to METRC's required fields.
What cannabis taxes apply to retail in Massachusetts?: At the register, as of September 2026: the 10.75% state cannabis excise, 6.25% state sales tax, and up to 3% local tax on adult-use sales; sales rung under the medical program are outside all three.
Is CannAgent available for Massachusetts dispensaries?: Not yet — Massachusetts is not open to new stores. Target: Early 2027. Join the waitlist. Targets, not promises. Each state's rules come first. Joining the MA list gets you one email when Massachusetts opens.

Target: Early 2027. Join the waitlist.

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