Boston Globe: Pot not a crime, but trade still has victims

Apr 28, 2011 | Archives

Possessing less than one ounce of marijuana is no longer a crime in Massachusetts. But crime still flows from supplying it. To understand how far and how violently, consider again the story of Justin D. Cosby, who was murdered inside a Harvard University residence...

LETTER: But it’s our safety that is at stake

Apr 27, 2011 | Archives

RE “SJC limits response by police to marijuana’’ (Page A1, April 20): If a police officer stops a vehicle and smells the distinctive odor of alcohol, the officer has the right to order the driver out of the vehicle. That is common sense, as the driver may be...

LETTER: Court got message on decriminalization

Apr 27, 2011 | Archives, Published LTE's

THE ONLY people for whom the decriminalization of small amounts of marijuana in Massachusetts has proved “disorienting’’ are those in the dwindling minority who believe that possession of marijuana even in small amounts should still be criminal (“Ruling on marijuana...