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LEICESTER, MA - 11/19/2018:Sam Barber president and owner of Cultivate with Leicester police chief Jim Hurley during press conference held at Cultivate in Leicester. The state's first two pot shops open early Tuesday morning. (David L Ryan/Globe Staff ) SECTION: METRO TOPIC 20potprep

What to know about the start of recreational marijuana sales in Massachusetts

Here's what the menus at Massachusetts's first 2 marijuana dispensaries look like

U.S. Penitentiary Hazelton in Bruceton Mills, West Virginia.

An unusual murder mystery is playing out inside the Hazelton penitentiary in West Virginia

Woburn, MA - 11/20/18 - Bradford Casler gives his statement during his sentencing hearing in Middlesex Superior Court in Woburn. Casler drove his SUV in Sweet Tomatoes restaurant in Newton killing Gregory Morin and Eleanor Miele in 2016. (spelling of names is based only on previously published photographs) (Lane Turner/Globe Staff) Reporter: (Travis Anderson) Topic: (21casler)

Driver sentenced in deadly Sweet Tomatoes restaurant crash November 20, 2018 | 3:20 PM

US sounds word of caution on expansion of Korea ties November 20, 2018 | 2:43 PM

Weymouth woman now faces murder charge in death of 11-month-old niece November 20, 2018 | 2:22 PM

Police arrest Mass. man in crash into house that killed girlfriend November 20, 2018 | 1:30 PM

Clay Conaway, a former University of Delaware baseball player charged with raping multiple women.

Former UMaine baseball player charged in 6 rapes November 20, 2018 | 1:24 PM

Children of woman who died on cruise speak to 'Good Morning America' November 20, 2018 | 1:18 PM

The Latest: Trump says no new punishment for writer's murder November 20, 2018 | 1:08 PM

Trump grants poultry pardons to turkeys Peas and Carrots November 20, 2018 | 12:42 PM

Congressman Joe Kennedy III

Congressman Joe Kennedy III, once opposed, now supports legalizing marijuana federally November 20, 2018 | 12:41 PM

Darkening clouds start to overhang global economic expansion November 20, 2018 | 12:18 PM

Darkening clouds start to overhang global economic expansion November 20, 2018 | 12:16 PM

Mayor of Northampton David Narkewicz makes the first legal purchase of recreational marijuana from Co-founder of NETA Arnon Vared, on Tuesday morning.

These were the first two recreational marijuana customers in Massachusetts — and what they bought November 20, 2018 | 10:49 AM

ivanka trump

Ivanka Trump repeatedly used personal email at White House, review finds November 20, 2018 | 10:30 AM

Samuel Little

He claims he’s America’s deadliest serial killer with 90 victims. Police believe him. November 20, 2018 | 10:18 AM

Schumer asks for probe into Whitaker's White House contacts November 20, 2018 | 9:34 AM

Photo scroll: Recreational marijuana sales begin in Massachusetts November 20, 2018 | 8:53 AM

Northampton, MA - 11/20/2018- ] NETA employee Nicole Heisler, 38, of Watertown, passes out muffins to people standing in to purchase recreational marijuana at the Northampton facility on Tuesday, November 20, 2018. (Michael Swensen for The Boston Globe) Topic: (metro)

Live blog: Here are the wait times to buy marijuana at Massachusetts’s first dispensaries November 20, 2018 | 7:16 AM

Trump criticizes war hero for not killing bin Laden sooner November 20, 2018 | 5:54 AM

Trump says no new Saudi punishment for Khashoggi murder November 20, 2018 | 5:14 AM

INGLEWOOD, CA - NOVEMBER 15: Former First Lady and author Michelle Obama appears onstage at Becoming: An Intimate Conversation with Michelle Obama at the Forum on November 15, 2018 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Here's how much it will cost you to see Michelle Obama in Boston this weekend November 19, 2018 | 6:46 PM

MCI-Norfolk

Authorities: Corrections officer charged after attempted Suboxone smuggling into prison November 19, 2018 | 6:34 PM

Ernest F. Marasa

Ludlow man arrested after allegedly threatening woman with knife November 19, 2018 | 6:27 PM

Freshman Dems face thorny first vote: Yes or no on Pelosi November 19, 2018 | 6:24 PM

Trump sets off storm by criticizing retired Navy admiral November 19, 2018 | 6:20 PM

Gunman opens fire at Chicago hospital, wounds at least 4 November 19, 2018 | 6:06 PM

DA: Child is 2nd victim of Springfield crash November 19, 2018 | 5:21 PM

AP FACT CHECK: Trump boasts anew that he saw al-Qaida coming November 19, 2018 | 5:11 PM

New assessment: 'Little clear progress' in Afghanistan war November 19, 2018 | 4:04 PM

Elevator in Chicago skyscraper fell 84 floors before rescue November 19, 2018 | 2:16 PM

In threat to Pelosi, 16 Dems say they'll back new leadership November 19, 2018 | 2:12 PM