Massachusetts Marijuana Legalization Bill Gets Hearing
A bill that would legalize the possession of and commerce in marijuana got a hearing at the Massachusetts legislature’s Joint Committee on the Judiciary Tuesday. While even the bill’s sponsor conceded...
View ArticlePatients, Caregivers and Treatment Centers: Who Can Grow and How?
(This article first appeared in Mass Grass. It has been changed from the original publication and contains corrections.) Bill Downing Cannabis will soon be grown across the state for medical purposes....
View ArticleNo Dispensaries in My Backyard–Towns Anticipate Medical Marijuana
Several Massachusetts communities are anticipating the possible advent of medical marijuana by moving to ban dispensaries within their own town limits. According to reports by the Boston Globe,...
View ArticleLester Grinspoon Speaks at Victory Celebration Dec. 8
Dr. Lester Grinspoon, the world’s most widely published author regarding the medical application of cannabis and thought by many to be the grandfather of modern medicinal cannabis research, was...
View ArticleReport from Amsterdam: Weed Hangs On Under Attack
In the last 4 decades Amsterdam has been known as the modern Sodom and Gomorrah and is on the bucket list of many herb lovers all over the world. But the freedom of smoking cannabis has been...
View ArticleDrug War Database May Include Medical Marijuana Patients
While you smoke, we watch. And wait… If you use medical marijuana, your name and prescription may be entered into a state database that will now be made available to local police, as well as state...
View ArticleLegalization Bill Introduced in New Hampshire Legislature
By NORML | January 30, 2013 Read More: Legalization, New England, New Hampshire, New Hampshire – HB 492, Pending Legislation, Recreational Use Bills Gonna get legal? by NORML CONCORD, NH — A group of...
View ArticleGood News! Forfeiture Grab Thwarted
Good news for the good guys! In a blatant attempt at seizing a valuable, mortgage-free property, the DEA instituted forfeiture proceedings against a motel-owner, shocked shocked that dealing might be...
View ArticleThe Ides of April: Multiple Events Planned for 4/20
The weekend of 4/20 will be smoking with several Rally-related events. On Friday, April 19th, the band People with Instruments will hold a benefit at the Spotlight Tavern in Beverly. The following...
View ArticleUS Supreme Court Upholds the Fourth Amendment Right vs Home Searches With No...
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that police cannot bring drug-sniffing police dogs onto a suspect’s property to look for evidence without first getting a warrant for a search, a decision...
View ArticleWeymouth lawmaker would roll back marijuana decriminalization
State Rep. James Murphy is again pushing legislation to roll back provisions of Question 2, a 3-year-old referendum that made possession of a small amount of marijuana a civil, rather than criminal,...
View ArticleHearing May 6 on Bill to Gut MMJ, Limit Access, Micromanage Doctors
BOSTON, MA — Hearings were held May 6 at the State House on several bills that would gut the medical marijuana program approved by Massachusetts voters in November. The proposals, contained in Senate...
View ArticleRepublicans for Cannabis: Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul Work for Industrial Hemp
Two conservative Republicans have come out in support of industrial hemp. Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul, both Republican senators from Kentucky, are working to bring industrial hemp back to Kentucky,...
View ArticlePrepared remarks of Richard Evans, Esq.
Revenue Committee, Oct. 14, 2009 My name is Richard Evans. I live in Northampton, and for the past 35 years have maintained a law practice in Hampshire and Franklin counties. My practice focuses in the...
View ArticleSenate Districts Ranked by Percentage Vote on Q 2 (Revised 2-18-10)
Note: Following an incumbent’s name is the percentage of the vote they received in the general election and whether they had an opponent(2). SENATE DISTRICT YES/NO YES/ TOTAL BALLOTS BLANK 1 HAMPSHIRE...
View ArticleROCKLAND $300
ROCKLAND ARTICLE #45 The town voted to amend this by-law by striking out “criminal indictment or complaint pursuant to G.L. c.40 s. 21.or ” and voted to adopt article 45 as amended. PUBLIC CONSUMPTION...
View ArticleVideo of Judiciary Committee hearing on S. 1801 tax and regulate
Bill Downing of MassCann/NORML testifies for marijuana legalization at State House Jack Cole, former New Jersey State Police speaks for marijuana legalization Grandmother denied custody of grandchild...
View ArticlePublic Policy Questions Win In All Eighteen Districts
(Click here for information on where candidates may stand (updated 10/26). Please use these results to write your state representaive and senator and demand he/she support reform! Legalization Question...
View ArticleThe Economist-YouGov poll finds strong majority support for legalizing marijuana
Georgetown, MA – Yesterday’s print edition of The Economist reports: A huge majority of Americans, more than two to one once don’t knows have been excluded, support the legalisation and taxation of...
View ArticleAmherst: Story drafts legalization bill
Rep. Ellen Story (D-Amherst) introduced a bill to legalize, regulate and tax marijuana to the current session of the Massachusetts General Court last month. Last November, 69 percent of the Third...
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