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Medical marijuana sparks up local debate
The Daily Item (Lynn), Dec. 23, 2009

Letter: Tierney should support medical marijuana
Marblehead Reporter, Nov 29, 2009

A weed grows in Boston
Boston Phoenix, December 2, 2009

Op Ed: Only by regulating marijuana can the government expect to control it
The Patriot Ledger, November 6, 2009 

Caution urged on drug sweeps: Foxboro school officials asked to consider effect on students
Sun Chronicle, November 6, 2009 

Letter: Consent seems likely
Daily News of Newburyport, Oct. 5

GUEST COLUMN: Pot prohibition ripe for repeal
Attleboro Sun Chronicle, November 4

Op Ed: The Senate race and marijuana prohibition
Milford Daily News - ‎Nov 3, 2009‎

Op Ed: The Senate race and marijuana prohibition
MetroWest Daily News - ‎Nov 3, 2009‎

Op Ed: The Senate race and marijuana prohibition
Daily News Tribune - ‎Nov 3, 2009‎

Forum brings Senate hopefuls together
Melrose Free Press, Oct. 28
THIS STORY LIKELY IN PRINT ADDITIONS OF OTHER WICKED LOCAL WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS

Letter: Way is clear for medical marijuana in Mass.
Boston Globe, Oct. 29

Letter: Regulating marijuana use is the future 
Georgetown Record, October 29

Syndicated Column: Reefer sanity
Lowell Sun, October 26

Syndicated Column: Sending out smoke signals about medical marijuana
Sentinel & Enterprise, October 25 

Letter: Scott Brown doesn't get it
Metrowest Daily News, Oct. 25
and
Milford Daily News, Oct. 25
Daily News Tribune, Oct. 25 

OP Ed: Taylor Armerding: State can fill its coffers by treating pot like gambling
The Daily News of Newburyport, Oct. 24

Editorial: Legislature should control pot laws
The Enterprise (Brockton), Oct. 24 

Fed memo renews medical marijuana push on Beacon Hill
Boston Herald, Oct. 23

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EDITORIAL: Marijuana and tax revenue
Stoneham Sun, Oct. 22
Georgetown Record, Oct. 22

Letter: Epstein: Pot editorial 'too timid'
Metrowest Daily News, October 21
and
Milford Daily News, October 21
Daily News Tribune, October 21

Column: Haneisen: Why not? We already do
Metrowest Daily News, Oct. 21

EDITORIAL: Legislature wise to address legalization of marijuana
Patriot Ledger, Oct. 20 THIS IS AN ANTILEGALIZATION OPINION

EDITORIAL: Marijuana and tax revenue
Metrowest Daily News, Oct. 19
also in the
Daily News Tribune, Oct. 19
Milford Daily News, Oct. 19

STAFF EDITORIL: Reefer madness
BU Daily Free Press, Oct. 19  

Marijuana legalization bill debated
BU Daily Free Press, Oct. 19

Taylor Armerding's Column: Treat pot like gambling, all that matters is the money
Eagle-Tribune, October 18 

The Statehouse News Service covered the legalization hearing. Below are links to the story as it appears in the sources noted: 

Lexington Minuteman

Roslindale Transcript

WBZ Newsradio 1030

Belmont-Citizen Herald

Boston Herald

Metrowest Daily News

Arlington Advocate

Dover-Sherborn Press

Sharon Advocate

Martha's Vineyard Times

Dedham Transcript

Other stories on the hearing:

22 News WWLP

Video: 22 News WWLP

Natick Town Meeting to vote on $150 marijuana fine
Metrowest Daily News, Oct. 14

Legalize It?
Valley Advocate, October 13

OpEd: It's time for the US to end the war on drugs
Sun Chronicle (Atlleboro), Oct. 12

OP ED: Evans: Legalize the marijuana legalization discussion
Taunton Gazette, Oct. 13

Evans: Legalize the marijuana legalization discussion
MetroWest Daily News, Oct. 12

Letter: Tarlow: Pot bylaw ignores public will
MetroWest Daily News, Oct. 11

Letter: Tarlow: Pot bylaw ignores public will
Milford Daily News, Oct. 11

Letter: Tarlow: Pot bylaw ignores public will
Daily News Tribune, Oct. 11

OpEd: Evans: Legalize the marijuana legalization discussion
Metrowest Daily News, Oct. 11

OpEd: Evans: Legalize the marijuana legalization discussion
Milford Daily News, Oct. 11

OpEd: Evans: Legalize the marijuana legalization discussion
Daily News Tribune, Oct. 11

Brown's bill would hike fine for pot in car
Daily News Tribune, October 5 

OPED: Tree: What comes after the drug war?
Daily News Tribune, October 3‎

Marijuana law has had little effect on schools
Metrowest Daily News, Oct. 2

Letter Sen. Brown is trying to override voters' wishes
Lowell Sun, October 2

Senator: Pot fines not high enough
Lowell Sun, September 29

Bill would fine drivers caught with marijuana
Sentinel & Enterprise (Fitchburg), September 29   

Southborough makes it tougher on pot smokers
Metrowest Daily News, September 30

Jonathan Hall Uncovers - Massachusetts Marijuana Law
WHDH-TV, September 29 

Sen. Scott Brown out of joint
Boston Herald, September 28

Where there's smoke, there's money as well
Sun Chronicle, Sept. 19 

Letter: War on drugs meets decriminalization on the dunes
Boston Globe, September 15, 2009

Dismissed marijuana charge raises judge’s ire
Boston Globe, September 12, 2009

Georgetown police recommend marijuana bylaw
Georgetown Record, August 6

Chief: Pot law could cause problems
Daily Transcript,  August 3

Jodi Applegate sitting in for Howie Carr
WRKO, July 20

Editorial: Voters get burned
Boston Herald, July 20

Letter: opes deserve this
Boston Herald, July 20 

Logic up in smoke Illogic on marijuana and tobacco
Telegram and Gazette, July 19

OPED: Grass starting to look greener in California
Boston Herald, July 18, by Dale MacFeatters

The above oped appeared as an unsigned editorial on the web sites of the 

Milford Daily News, Metrowest Daily News and Daily News Tribune.

Fined pot smokers dope slap dope slap
Boston Herald, July 17

Letter: To pot and worse
Boston Herald, July 17

Video: Braude Beat (Last Segment)
NECN, July 16

AUDIO: Jim & Margery Weigh in on whether or not Marijuana should be Legalized
WTKK-FM 96.9, July 16

Pot law leaves cops high & dry
Bay State tokers light fire under pols
Boston Herald, July 16

Cops: Pot law has lots of lip but no teeth
Cape Cod Times, July 16 (same story as Herald's "Pot law leaves cops high & dry")

Evil weed or useful drug?
The pros and cons of medical marijuana
Boston Globe, July 13 

 With the passage of Q2 comes a backlash to establish local ordinances and by-laws increasing the total fines and "Reefer Mad" Martha Coakley is suggesting these local laws create an arrestable midemeanor! Yet it is also reported she "is not likely to approve public-consumption bylaws for marijuana that include arrest." 

We are maintaining a list of such attempts HERE!

Please be ready to attend local hearings or to contact officials in your community to speak out against your community becoming heavy handed!

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As expected their was no motion made in Wellesley.  Provincetown and Manchester news below.

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Weed picking up speed?
The Phoenix, July 8

AG Coakley endorses medical marijuana
Patriot Ledger, June 30, 2009 

Smoking pot could cost $400
Telegram & Gazette - June 24

LETTER: Pot war senseless
Boston Herald - June 18

A budding controversy in Abington
Abington Mariner - June 17

EDITORIAL:  Higher fine for pot?
MetroWest Daily News, June 6

Anti-pot smoking bylaw fails at (Ipswich) Town Meeting
Salem Daily News, June 2

Marlborough officials recommend marijuana ordinance
MetroWest Daily News, June 2

Week Ahead: Chicopee seeks additional fine for marijuana use
The Republican, June 1

Mayor Tom Menino pushes drug tests
Boston Herald, June 1

Saugus top cop: Pot
The Daily Item, May 28 

Letter: Vote made Bay State great market for pot sales
The Salem News, May 27

Close vote on marijuana at town meeting
Saugus Advertiser, May 20

Town meetings chip away at pot reform
Valley Advocate, May 19

Ludlow bans pot smoking in public
The Republican, May 16

Rogers says he smoked pot in days when 'everyone did'
SouthCoast Gazette (Middleboro), May 15

Proposed Middleboro pot fine questioned
Brockton Enterprise, May 14

Easton may adopt marijuana fine at Town Meeting
Easton Journal, May 13

Ipswich Town Meeting asked to overhaul Feoffees, fine public pot use
Salem News, May 11 

Mayor Stevens (Marlborough) to present fiscal 2010 budget tonight
Metrowest Daily News, May 11

Town meeting (Mansfield) to vote on imposing fines for public drug use
Sun Chronicle, May 8

Voters shoot down extra pot fines in Rockland
Wickedlocal.com/Rockland, May 7

Council nixes hike in pot fines
Gloucester Times, May 7

Proposed bylaw bans public use of pot
Ipswich Chronicle, May 6

Lenox to mull drug bylaw
Berkshire Eagle, May 6

Bylaw goes up in smoke after voters say it's no problem
Wickedlocal/Lancaster, May 5

Marblehead meeting: of sidewalks and smoke
Salem Daily News, May 5

Budget, ladder truck, pot on (Salisbury) warrant
Daily News of Newburyport, May 5

Marijuana bylaw amended, other police articles approved
Swampscott Reporter, May 5

New Marlborough: New school funding formula at issue
Berkshire Eagle, May 2

Selectmen endorse article to increase fine for pot use in public
Bourne Courier, May 1 

Selectmen split with Chief over local pot law amendment
Littleton Independent, April 30

Medford city officials examine fines for public pot smoking
Medford Transcript, April 30 

Rockland looking at imposing extra fine for marijuana use
Rockland Standard, April 30

WASTED: Towns aren't collecting money from marijuana possession fines
Communities losing money as fines for marijuana possession go unpaid
Patriot Ledger, April 28  

Bylaw sought to curb pot use (in Belchertown)
The Republican, April 25

Annual Extravaganja festival comes to Amherst common
Daily Collegian (Amherst), April 24

Marijuana bylaw on Reading warrant
Reading Advocate, April 23 

Rowing against the tide
Salem News, April 22 

Some Mass. communities, including Lynn, passing harsher marijuana possession bylaws
A.P. - Lynn Daily Item, April 21

Letter: 'Reefer madness' diatribes fly in face of objective studies
Gloucester Daily Times, April 21

Tougher pot laws - COMMUNITIES SAY LAW NEEDS CLARIFICATION
A.P. - Telegram & Gazette, April 21

After law, Mass. towns stiffen fines for marijuana
A.P. - Berkshire Eagle, April 21
A.P. boston.com, April 20
A.P. - WBZ TV, April 21
A.P. - WHDH, April 20
A.P. - Telegram & Gazette, April 20

Towns stiffen marijuana regs after Mass eases law
A.P. - WGGB ABC 40, April 20
A.P. Boston Herald, April 20

Towns stiffen marijuana regs
A.P. - Fox 25, April 20
A.P. CBS 3 Springfield, April 20

Towns Get Tough On Pot
A.P. - Boston Channel WCVB - April 20

Letter: Marijuana Possession fine should remain $100
Arlington Advocate - April 16

Letter: Approved pot law reforms are overdue
Gloucester Daily Times - April 11

Public pot smoking fine hearing on April 28
Braintree Forum - April 9

Danvers - Marijuana penalties
Danvers Herald - April 9

Drug use in public targeted
Globe North - April 9

Police Chief: Marijuana use ‘not excessive at this point'
Stoneham Sun - April 8

Keep off the grass
Sun Chronicle - April 9 (Attleboro)

Board of Health to take marijuana fine proposal
Gloucester Daily Times - April 9 (Manchester)

First night of Town Meeting draws sparse crowd
Nantucket Independent - April 8

Mass. marijuana reform activists protest Brown bill
The Daily Free Press (BU) - April 8

Police dropped from Civil Service, marijuana seen as 'health' issue
Gloucester Times - April 8 (Victory, sort of, in Manchester)

Town Meeting approves overrides, housing projects, land acquisitions
The Provincetown Banner - April 8 (The measure failed resoundingly in Ptown)

Bridgewater pot fines going up in smoke
The Bridgewater Independent and Enterprise - April 8

Going Green: The Alternative Culture Column
Tufts Observer - April 7

Op-ed: Even increased fines doesn't address true cost of pot smoking
Gloucester Daily Times - April 7

EDITORIAL: Marijuana bill misses valid target
Sun Chronicle - April 7

Letter: Where's punchline on marijuana joke?
Sun Chronicle - April 7

Abington voters choose local marijuana bylaw
Patriot Ledger - April 7

Cities, towns weigh pot fines
Salem News - April 6

Letter: Voters have already decided pot question
Sun Chrnoicle - April 6

Column: Forget marijuana and focus on what's really important
Eagle Tribune - April 5

Holmes: A newconversation on drug prohibition
MetroWest Daily News - April 5 
Milford Daily News - April 5 
Daily News Tribune - April 5  
Clinton Times & Courier - ‎April 3
‎Watertown tab & Press - April 3

EDITORIAL: New penalties for pot not necessary
Gloucester Times - April 3

Warrant article would allow fines for public pot smoking
Wareham Courier - April 2

Mass weighs pros and cons of legal marijuana
The Daily Collegian (Amherst) - April 2

BREAKING NEWS: Students Are Smoking Marijuana
The Suffolk Journal - April Fool's Day

Marijuana advocates demonstrate against Sen. Brown's law
Milford Daily News - April 1

Video of the Brown's Law protest

City looks to add fines to deter marijuana smoking in public
Gloucester Times - April 1

Marijuana bill facing protests protestors
Sun Chronicle - April 1

Sen. Brown would change marijuana law
WickedLocal Franklin - March 31

Sen. Brown would change marijuana law
Milford Daily News - March 31

Bellingham to vote on outlawing pot in public
Milford Daily News  - March 31

Manchester looks to local penalties with state marijuana law
Salem Daily News - March 31

COLUMN: Joint resolution: Taxing pot just makes cents
Boston Herald - March 29

Letter: Marijuana penalties affect college aid
Boston Globe - March 28

Op-Ed - Armistice declared in war on pot?
Barnstable Patriot - March 27

(NH) House OKs medicinal marijuana bill
Eagle Tribune - March 27 

Mass. judge upholds restriction on "blunt wraps"
AP Story- Various Papers - March 27

Generally Speaking with AG Martha Coakley
WTKK Jim & Margery Podcast - March 26
(Herein AG admits most people give true name) 

Town Meeting to look at penalty for marjiuana consumption
Arlington Advocate - March 25

Police Chief wants fine for public marijuana smoking
Falmouth Bulletin - March 25

Towns try to punish public marijuana use
The Boston Globe - March 25

Massachusetts Becomes Lead New England State In Marijuana Law Reform
CapeCodToday - March 24

O'Neil Off deadline: Proposal to legalize pot in Massachusetts - Who didn't see this coming?
Wakefield Observer - Mar 23

Springfield City Council raises fines on pot use
The Republican - Mar. 23

Western MA city votes to toughen marijuana fines
The Republican (Associated Press) - Mar. 23

Vote possible on (Springfield) marijuana fines.
The Republican - March 23

DUXBURY TOWN MEETING: Public marijuana spoking will result in fine
Duxbury Reporter - March 19

Police adjusting to new marijuana law/Tickets are going unpaid
The Landmark (Holden, Paxton, Princton, Rutland, Sterling) - March 19 

Police chiefs want to ban pot smoking
Cape Cod Times - March 19

Round Two for Question 2
Valley Advocate - March 17

Pot smoking on public property extinguished
Milford Daily News - March 17

Local police work out kinks in new marijuana law
Milford Daily News - March 16

Milford special town meeting to vote on budget fix, pot in public fines
Milford Daily News - March 16

Marblehead Town Meeting to be asked to approve local marijuana bylaw
Marblehead Reporter - March 14

Penalty proposed for pot in public
Abington Mariner - March 13

Letter to Editor: Take notice: Marijuana laws are now changed
Newburyport Daily News - March 12

Marijuana measure tops Hopkinton Town meeting warrant
MetroWest Daily News - March 12

Abington selectmen endorse ($300) town meeting article
Brockton Enterprise - March 11

Towns weigh ban on pot use
Berkshire Eagle - March 7 

OP-ED: Proposed fines on public use are ludicrous
OP:ED: Defense of recreational use are baffling
Patriot Ledger - March 7 

Marijuana bylaw moves forward: Possession fines set to increase
Salem Gazette - March 6

Weed arrest down since new law passed last year
Berkeley (College) Bulletin - March 5

Viewpoint: Decriminalization of marijuana not a good idea
Newburyport News - March 4 (Note this is same essay as appeared in
Salem News - Feb. 5 link below)

Marijuana article not expected to be moved
Concord Journal - March 4

Springfield proposes ordinance to regulate marijuana smoking in public
The Republican - March 4

Milford special Town meeting to decide on pot, landlord late fee
Wicked Local Milford - March 1 

Milford special Town meeting to decide on pot, landlord late fee
Milford Daily News - March 1 

Enforcement of new marijuana law going well in Georgetown
Georgetown Record - Feb. 27

Marijuana law heads for ATM in Ayer
Nashoba Publishing on Line - Feb. 27

Your kids know, do you?
Kingston Reporter - Feb. 27

Dennis police chief clarifies proposed marijuana bylaw
Wicked Local Dennis/The Register - Feb. 27

$300 fine for public pot smoking takes step forward
Braintree Forum - Feb. 27

Medway to wait on school energy savings plan (includes marijuana vote)
The Milford Daily News - Feb. 25

Local marijuana battle fails; state won't support police chief's proposal
Dover Sherborn Press - Feb. 24

Marblehead pot law on Meeting warrant
The Daily Item - Feb. 24

New pot law presents challenges to police
Tri-Town Transcript (Boxford, Middleton  & Topsfield) Feb. 23

Anxiety in Massachusetts over softer marijuana law
Christian Science Monitor - Feb. 20

Considering the new pot law
Holbrook Sun, Feb 18

Feb. 24 meeting on proposed $300 fine for public pot smoking
Braintree Forum , Feb 16

Chief pulls Walpole pot proposal
Walpole Times - Feb 17

Editorial: Marijuana activists read too much into Question 2
Patriot Ledger - Feb. 13

Chief pulls Walpole pot proposal
Daily News Transcript - Feb 13

Walpole Police seek guidance on enforcing new drug law
Drug law perplexes police. At issue: arrests for public smoking
Boston Globe South Region - Feb 12

Swampscott Chief proposes marijuana bylaw
Lynn Item - Feb. 11

Marijuana bylaw on Dover town meeting warrant
Dover-Sherborne Press - Feb - 10

Guest Commentary: The meaning of the new marijuana law
Cambridge Chronicle & Tab - Feb. 9

Council eyes $300 fine for public pot smoking
Braintree Forum - Feb. 6

New Marijuana Law Is Cause For Confusion Among Police
Vineyard Gazette - Jan. 6
DeLuca proposing ban on public marijuana use
Duxbury Reporter, Feb. 5

My View: New pot law sends bad message
Salem News - Feb. 5

Pot proposal on front burner
Ipswich Chronicle - Feb 4

Chief Files Marijuana Smoking Bylaw (in Yarmouth)
Cape Cod Chronicle - Feb. 4

Springfield marijuana fine sparks debate
The Republican - Feb 3

Methuen coucil increases pot smoking fines by $100
Eagle-Tribune - Feb 3

Everett Common Council votes 16-1 in favor of $300 public use ordinance.
The ordinance will not become official until Everett's Board of Alderman
also approves it next Monday.

Walpole cops push for new pot measure
Daily News Transcript - Feb. 2

New marijuana bylaw sought (in Canton)
Boston Globe South Region Feb 1

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Cape Cod Times, July 16 (This is the Herald story) 
Daily News Transcript, August 3 Wicked Local Dennis
Wicked Local Provincetown ‎
Yarmouth Register
Barnstable - Register
Wicked Local Truro
Cape Codder
Bourne Courrier
Harwich Oracle
Wicked Local Orleans
Sandwich Broadsider
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Wicked Local EasthamCHANGING LANES: Gateway drugs in our medicine cabinets
Hingham Journal - July 23 Letter: Just blowing smoke
Boston Herald, July 21Sun Chronicle, September 19, 2009Southborough officials weigh fire truck, marijuana articles
Metrowest Daily News, Sept. 23, 2009
SOUTHBOROUGH RESIDENTS PLEASE ATTEND THE MEETING AND VOTE NO!Prosecutors: Apply the law equally 
Boston Globe, September 16, 2009