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 [...]
US Supreme Court Upholds the Fourth Amendment Right vs Home Searches With No Warrant
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 which may limit how investigators use dogs’ sensitive noses to search out drugs, explosives and other items hidden from human sight, sound and [...]
Good 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 going on in the parking lot. Caswell Motel Case Marks a Victory Against Federal Forfeiture Abuse crossposted; Stop The Drug War The shocking part of [...]
Legalization 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 by NORML CONCORD, NH — A group of five bipartisan lawmakers has introduced legislation that seeks to make New Hampshire the third state to legalize and regulate the adult use of marijuana. [...]
Drug War Database May Include Medical Marijuana Patients
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 police and agents of the federal Drug Enforcement Administration, according to an article in the Boston Globe. The Prescription Monitoring Program, a database originally created by [...]
Report 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 endangered over the course of this year to a point where everybody believed it was going to [...]
Lester 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 honored at a members’ meeting Dec. 8 at the Summer Shack in Cambridge, along with pro-cannabis activists Maddy Webster, Mike Crawford (“Mike Cann”), and Matt Allen. [...]
No 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, Reading, Wakefield, and Melrose are considering bans on any dispensaries in those towns, and Malden is considering a measure confining dispensaries to industrial zones.
Patients, 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. We expect most of you activists would like to grow some too. What are the chances we will be able to grow and that [...]
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 it was unlikely to pass, it helps lay the groundwork for a proposed marijuana legalization initiative down the line. Marijuana possession was decriminalized by [...]
