MPAA Reacts to Newly Posted Medical Marijuana Regulations
The Massachusetts Patient Advocacy Alliance, after looking through the newly announced Department of Public Health regulations on medical marijuana, sent the following letter to their members: May 12, 2013 Dear Friend, REGULATIONS FOR MEDICAL MARIJUANA PROGRAM FINALIZED Regulations will go into effect May 24 Wednesday the Public Health Council voted to approve the regulations issued [...]
Hearing 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 Bill 1031 and three companion bills, would, among other things, limit the number of dispensaries to 10 statewide, limit patients to 2 [...]
Lockdown Lifted, Boston Comes Out to Smoke April 20 on Common
One of the largest crowds ever came out to Boston Common to celebrate 4/20 with a puff of free spirit. Police were nowhere to be seen around 4:20 p.m. as a great cloud of well-being and shared sense of community wafted over the heads of the celebrants. The crowd was perhaps swollen by the desire [...]
Dear DPH: Your MMJ Regs Are Terrible
Following are three letters from members of the MassCann board of directors to the Department of Public Health concerning their proposed medical-marijuana regulations. First, a letter from Bill Downing, MassCann treasurer. (The remaining letters are from Kathryn Rifkin, MassCann clerk, and Andy Gaus, MassCann press secretary.) To the Massachusetts Department of Public Health: Thank you [...]
WCVB Examines Emerging Medical Marijuana Industry
“Chronicle,” on WCVB-TV, recently aired a segment on the emerging medical marijuana industry. One grower, who showed his face on camera but was not identified, predicted that medical marijuana was going to change people’s attitudes about weed. There was also first-hand testimony from a medical-marijuana user about how well marijuana eased her muscle and joint [...]
MA High Court: Don’t Smoke Less Than an Ounce and Drive
According to a ruling of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts issued April 5 in the case of Commonwealth v. Clint Daniel, driving stoned is still a crime and is not mitigated by the fact that you have smoked less than an ounce or have less than an ounce in your possession. In short, the less-than-an-ounce [...]
Passing a Joint Isn’t “Distribution”–MA High Court
Source: ACLU, as posted on The Daily Chronic BOSTON, MA – The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts ruled Friday, April 5, that sharing a joint is not “distribution” of marijuana, and therefore not a crime under the state’s 2008 decriminalization law. The Supreme Judicial Court released decisions in four cases that involved arrests made after [...]
Boston Public Hearing on Med Regs Airs Various Views
The MA Department of Public Health, after a postponement, held its Boston hearing on the proposed medical-marijuana regulations on Monday, April 22nd. Other hearings were also held in Florence and Plymouth, MA. At the Boston hearing, roughly three points of view were on display. (Only the public spoke, there were no remarks by DPH representatives [...]
New MassCann Board of Directors Elected
At the members’ meeting March 30 at Ming III Restaurant in Westborough, annual elections were duly held. Matt Sonnichsen was reelected president. Bill Downing was reelected treasurer. Kathryn Rifkin was reelected clerk. The remaining members of the board of directors are: Emily Elmen Lilith Astaroth Bill Flynn Cara Crabb-Burnham Tony Santo Chris Foye Jeff Morris [...]
Communities Can’t Ban Dispensaries: Atty. Gen. Martha Coakley Upholds Question 3 Law
Massachusetts cities and towns can’t outright ban medical marijuana dispensaries within their borders, Attorney General Martha Coakley has ruled, upholding the medical-marijuana law passed by voters in November. Her ruling nullifies a total ban on dispensaries that had been enacted as a bylaw by the town of Wakefield. However, she upheld a decision by the [...]
