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Batch records, lab data, and what the numbers on a COA actually mean. Published by the cultivator behind 24 NECANN awards.

The Northshore Record is where AC writes up what the public record actually says about cannabis on the North Shore of Massachusetts: which towns permit retail and which do not, what the Cannabis Control Commission licence file shows, and how to read a certificate of analysis without taking anyone’s word for it.

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Is There a Dispensary in Peabody, MA?

No, and not because nobody has tried. Peabody has a zoning ban on all Marijuana Establishments. Here is what the Commission's record actually shows, what is still permitted in the city, and which nearby stores you can and cannot buy from.

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What gets published here

The standard for a post is that every number in it can be traced to a source a reader can open: a Cannabis Control Commission licence record, a municipal bylaw, a laboratory certificate, or a town meeting vote. Where the record is ambiguous the post says so rather than rounding it into a claim.

What does not get published: opening dates that have not been set, phone numbers that do not exist yet, and strain names that will be off the rotation by the time anyone reads it. Anything that expires within a season does not belong in an article that is meant to still be right a year from now.

Who publishes this

AC grows indoors in Lowell under Massachusetts cultivation licence MC283314, a Tier 2 indoor licence covering 5,001 to 10,000 square feet at 100 Phoenix Avenue. AC has been licensed in Massachusetts since November 2021 and growing commercially since September 2023.

AC publishes a Certificate of Analysis for every batch, including batches that failed and were never shipped. Independent third-party results for THC, terpenes and contaminants, all public.