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Medical Marijuana Lobbyist Opposing Recreational Legalization Initiative Because It’s Not Protectionist Enough

January 22, 2016 By SamTracy

Daniel Delaney, a lobbyist for medical marijuana companies that hold licenses in Massachusetts and other states — including the only license in Boston — has filed to create a campaign opposing the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: Bay State Repeal, cannabis, CRMLA, crony capitalism, Daniel Delaney, drug-policy, marijuana, marijuana legalization, medical marijuana, protectionism, Steve Epstein

Massachusetts: Most Innovative State in the Nation

January 14, 2016 By SamTracy

Last week Bloomberg Business published a ranking of the most innovative states in America, and Massachusetts made the top of the list! Their methodology included things like spending on R & D, the number of high-tech companies in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: biotech, bloomberg, GE, general-electric, technology, technology-companies

Double standards in gambling age requirements need to go

December 11, 2015 By SamTracy

Yesterday, the two biggest daily fantasy sports companies, DraftKings and FanDuel, came out in support of AG Maura Healey's proposed regulations for the industry. A quick summary: Healey has proposed regulations that would require daily … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: age requirements, ageism, daily fantasy sports, DFS, DraftKings, FanDuel, gambling, Maura Healey

The hypocrisy of allowing alcohol ads on the MBTA

October 6, 2015 By SamTracy

It's looking like the MBTA, which has refused advertisements from groups that educate patients about medical marijuana, may start allowing makers of a highly addictive drug to advertise their wares on the T. From WBUR: As the MBTA looks to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: advertising, alcohol, drug advertising, drug-policy, drugs, mbta

Governor’s Councilor Jubinville wants to decriminalize heroin — and that’s a great idea

August 6, 2015 By SamTracy

Yesterday, Governor's Councilor Robert Jubinville sent a letter to state leadership recommending we decriminalize heroin and establish state-run methadone clinics to combat the opiate overdose crisis. From the Taunton Daily … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: charlie-baker, decriminalization, drugs, governor, heroin, opiates, overdose, Portugal

Boston 2024 CEO says he’d vote “yes” on ballot question banning public funding for Olympics

June 25, 2015 By SamTracy

Tuesday, the United Independent Party announced that it has officially partnered with Yes On 1, the organization that led the anti-gas tax initiative last year, to run a campaign for a ballot question that would protect taxpayers from the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: ballot-initiative, ballot-questions, Boston 2024, Evan Falchuk, olympics, taxes, united independent party

Massachusetts Senators Should Champion Federal Medical Marijuana Bill

March 17, 2015 By SamTracy

Last Tuesday, Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Rand Paul (R-KY), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) introduced the Compassionate Access, Research Expansion, and Respect States (CARERS) Act, the first time in history a comprehensive bill to legalize … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: CARERS Act, cory booker, criminal-law, DEA, drug-policy, drugs, ed-markey, marijuana, markey, medical marijuana, national, rand-paul, us-senate, warren

Dropping film tax credit to expand EITC is both progressive & populist… why aren’t Dems on board?

March 12, 2015 By SamTracy

As Judy Meredith pointed out earlier this month, Governor Baker's proposal to kill the film tax credit and use the money to fund an expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit is both a great idea, and would be very difficult to fight … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: budget, charlie-baker, democrats, Earned Income Tax Credit, EITC, film tax credit, Governor Baker, ma-sen, massgop, taxes

Bill to Regulate Marijuana (Mostly) Like Alcohol Introduced in Legislature

February 14, 2015 By SamTracy

This session, a bill to regulate marijuana in a manner similar to alcohol has been introduced by Rep. Rogers and Sen. Jehlen. Dubbed the Cannabis Regulation and Taxation Act of 2016, it resembles legalization initiatives passed in Colorado … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: criminal-justice, marijuana

Our Towns Are Not War Zones: Police Militarization in MA

December 16, 2014 By SamTracy

The debate on police militarization, rumbling for years, has been thrust into the national spotlight after protests in Ferguson, Missouri were met with heavily armed and armored police forces acting more like combatants than peacekeepers. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 1033, Ferguson, haverhill, Milford, MRAP, new-bedford, norfolk, pentagon, police militarization, rehoboth, west springfield

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