Hashish firm Trulieve anticipated to shut all Mass. dispensaries

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Dispensaries in Framingham, Northampton, and Worcester are set to shut in June, and all Massachusetts operations are scheduled to cease on the finish of the 12 months.

Hashish firm Trulieve is closing all of its Massachusetts areas on the finish of the month, and plans to stop operations totally within the state by the top of the 12 months, in line with an organization announcement launched Thursday. 

Trulieve Hashish Corp. will shutter its Framingham, Northampton, and Worcester dispensaries, in addition to an outpost in Grover Seashore, California, the corporate introduced. It is going to additionally shut its manufacturing web site in Holyoke.

The corporate has areas in 9 states, and closed further California-based shops final 12 months. 

Regardless of these closures, CEO Kim Rivers stated within the launch that she felt assured within the route of the corporate. 

“These tough however vital measures are a part of ongoing efforts to bolster enterprise resilience and our dedication to money preservation as we proceed to give attention to our enterprise technique of going deep in our core markets and jettisoning non-contributive belongings,” she stated.

Trulieve beforehand needed to pay $14,502 in OSHA fines for a violation on the Holyoke cultivation web site that resulted in a employee’s demise in 2022. Lorna McMurrey, 27, died from bronchial asthma issues following hashish mud inhalation whereas working on the plant.

The preliminary wonderful was $35,219 earlier than a settlement was reached for the decrease quantity.

Closures this 12 months are set to have an effect on 128 workers, WBZ studies.