Commission Chair Challenges Accommodation of Troubled Lab Executive Director questioned about leniency on fine payments due from Assured Testing Labs The story of the first suspension of a Mass Independent Testing Lab (ITL) by the Cannabis Control Commission (CCC) goes back to last June, and this week a new twist emerged. In the CCC’s Public […]
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Discussion from the Dec 11th, 2025 Public Meeting of the Mass CCC Kajal Chattopadhyay, called to task for pressuring the Research Team to change their Industry Report to the Legislature. We believe that he continues to use the lawsuit of MCR Labs against their competitors as an excuse for anti-transparency. https://cannsci.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/IndustryReport-Clips-1.mp4
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12/08/2025 Ahearn Memo Addressing Questions/Statements re: 2025 Industry Report This memo, authored by CCC Executive Director Travis Ahern, recounts the investigation into the 2025 Industry Report to the Mass Legislature. Language in the “Considerations,” which are the report’s recommendations, was edited by General Counsel Kajal Chattopadhyay, who removed phrases which acknowledged the prevalence of fraudulent results in
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METRC Product Catalogue Demo for the MA CCC https://cannsci.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/MetrcProductCatalogDemo.mp4
‘Unacceptable.’ Cannabis Commissioners Scrap With Director, Counsel Over Transparency Video has been edited to highlights for brevity: https://cannsci.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/De-identifyingLabs-Zippy.mp4 “Who are we protecting? … Public health, public safety? Or … licensees by keeping them anonymized?” The Dec. 11 public meeting of the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission packed a wallop, clocking in at nearly seven hours
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CCC discussion of inversion and debarment https://youtu.be/Q0o2buDaJ1U Chairwoman O’brienCommissioner Ryan, did you want touch on. Yes, I am. Yeah. Commissioner RoyOkay. Chairwoman O’brienOkay. So. So the issue of debarment was raised a while ago by Commissioner Roy, and I, I thank Attorney Ladiszynski. I think he’s out there, but I. Chief JonesDon’T know if he.
presentation To Commissioner Kim Roy and Chair Shannon O’Brien by Jeff Rawson Feb 21, 2023 at noon
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Interpreting the Public Health Advisory By Jeff Rawson The Public Health and Safety Advisories Portal of the Cannabis Control Commission is a new resource intended to guide consumers to avoid products which have been inappropriately tested. We downloaded the list of 7,605 Metrc product IDs just after the Aug. 6 advisory prompted by the suspension
From the Public Meeting of the Cannabis Control Commission of MA, August 14th, 2025. Segment of the Executive Director’s report concerning the new Public Health and Safety Advisories Portal of the CCC’s website. Transcribed by Jeff Rawson, Institute of Cannabis Science. Executive Director Travis Ahern: “But first, today we’ll start with an update that was
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Cannabis Control Commission Public Meeting August 14th Discussing the enforcement decision on Assured Testing Lab Acting Chair Bruce Stebbins: “All right, commissioners, we will now move on to item number seven, which is enforcement actions. And I’ll invite back in our enforcement counsel, Tim Gooden, and our first assistant enforcement counsel, Jacob Nielson.” Enforcement Counsel
