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Op-Ed: Liberty and the odor of marijuana

May 8, 2011 | Archives

Earlier this month on the 236th anniversary of battles of Lexington and Concord, our state supreme court released its decision in Commonwealth v. Cruz, honoring the principles of 1775. The Cruz ruling limits police power to detain and search a car passenger based only...

Marijuana law means whiff is not enough

May 6, 2011 | Archives, Published LTE's

Persons who value the advantages of liberty and the principles of the constitution of Massachusetts will remember April 19 of 2011, the 236th anniversary of the battles of Lexington and Concord, as a little more special. It was the day that the Supreme Judicial Court...

Boston Globe: Ruling on marijuana searches leaves behind a strange odor

Apr 25, 2011 | Archives

THE PASSAGE of an ill-considered 2008 state ballot question decriminalizing small amounts of marijuana has proved to be disorienting for the legal system. The latest example is a ruling by the Supreme Judicial Court that the odor of marijuana emanating from a parked...

Pot rule worries officials: Odor not enough to suspect crime

Apr 21, 2011 | Archives

Law enforcement officials are concerned that marijuana busts, and their ability to arrest people for driving under the influence of drugs, will go up in smoke after the state’s highest court ruled this week that the odor of burnt marijuana does not give police enough...

Boston Herald: Wacky weed indeed

Apr 21, 2011 | Archives

Well, the chickens of that 2008 ballot law decriminalizing marijuana possession have definitely come home to roost. The Supreme Judicial Court this week ruled that the odor of burnt marijuana is no longer enough to allow police to order people out of their car — not...