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...]
Massachusetts Senators Should Champion Federal Medical Marijuana Bill
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...]
Bill to Regulate Marijuana (Mostly) Like Alcohol Introduced in Legislature
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...]
MA voters support regulating marijuana like alcohol — or maybe tomatoes
One of the least publicized results of this month’s election was 14 state representative districts voting to support the legalization of marijuana. Two organizations, the Drug Policy Forum of Massachusetts and Bay State Repeal, worked to … [Read more...]
Massachusetts High Court Limits Police Searches in Small Marijuana Cases
First, and most obviously, it's an important step forward for marijuana decriminalization. The justices took seriously the notion that when Massachusetts voters said they didn't want police harassing marijuana users or using limited law … [Read more...]
Taking legalization seriously
It is beginning to look like marijuana prohibition may more quickly than anyone imagined 10 or 20 years ago. The medical marijuana initiative has changed the facts on the ground in California. Pot shops are everywhere, operation on the … [Read more...]
The ‘greenest’ towns in Massachusetts
7 Chilmark 4.65 8 Mount Washington 4.50 9 Pelham 4.09 10 Leverett 4.06 11 Cambridge 3.87 12 Gosnold 3.87 13 Wellfleet 3.79 14 Tisbury 3.71 15 Northampton 3.68 16 Williamsburg 3.49 17 Truro 3.47 18 Conway 3.46 19 Somerville … [Read more...]
Question about Question 2
Ballot Question 2 reads, in part: The proposed law would define possession of one ounce or less of marijuana as including possession of one ounce or less of tetrahydrocannibinol ("THC"), or having metabolized products of marijuana or THC in … [Read more...]
Questions on DA hy-pot-crisy
In case anyone missed it ... three county DAs are on record opposing Question 2, which would decriminalize possession of less than an ounce of marijuana. This is in spite of the fact that -- as young folks are wont to do -- young Dan Conley … [Read more...]
Debate on Ballot Question 2 set for Thursday in Sterling
Directions to the 1835 Town Hall, 31 Main Street, Sterling From I-495 and points east:Take exit 26 and follow Route 62 West for 12.3 miles into Sterling. The 1835 Town Hall is on the left, opposite the town common.From Points North, South … [Read more...]