Three recreational marijuana businesses in Framingham, three hope to join them

Three Framingham adult-use marijuana businesses have opened their doors and three more are on the way.

Currently, Nova Farms and Cultivate operate on Worcester Road (Route 9) and Temescal Wellness is on Cochituate Road (Route 30). Three other businesses are on their way to opening — but it may be a while.

“This is a new industry that was previously illegal, and it’s highly regulated, and so for good reasons there is a very onerous process, both at the state level and at the local level, to vet out these businesses that are going to be operating in our communities,” said Thatcher Kezer, Framingham's chief operating officer.