He handed it over to Historic Northampton when his decade-long tenure as mayor ended in 2021. The mayor initially displayed the pot chocolate bar in his office, encased in a custom-made plexiglass box. “We were a little nervous about how we were gonna preserve it,” said Kelsey Sinelnikov, collections manager for the downtown museum. That same day, the former mayor called staffers at Historic Northampton to let them know he hoped his uneaten edible and its indelible place in history would one day be theirs to protect indefinitely. The exchange marked the first sale of recreational marijuana east of the Mississippi River, as well as the start of a multi-billion-dollar industry in Massachusetts. 20, 2018, Narkewicz bought a 10-piece chocolate bar infused with 100 milligrams of THC at the New England Treatment Access (NETA) in Northampton. (Courtesy Kelly Beaudoin of NETA)Īt precisely 8 a.m. Then-Mayor David Narkiewicz, far right, purchases the first legally sold piece of recreational cannabis in Northampton at NETA. But five years ago in Northampton, then-Mayor David Narkewicz had bigger plans for his little slice of history. You’d probably assume that the first guy to legally buy recreational cannabis in Massachusetts ate or smoked it. Facebook Email The NETA-made 100-milligram THC-infused chocolate bar preserved by museum staffers at Historic Northampton.
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