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Reps. Barney Frank and Ron Paul file legislation to give states say on marijuana

Jun 24, 2011 | Archives

U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, a Democrat from Newton whose district includes Taunton, has partnered with a Republican congressman from Texas to introduce legislation that would make marijuana criminalization the business of state governments. Frank and Libertarian-leaning...

Barney Frank, Ron Paul introduce bill to end federal ban on marijuana

Jun 23, 2011 | Archives

Two House members introduced a bill Thursday that would remove marijuana from the list of federal controlled substances and cede to the states enforcement of laws governing pot. The legislation would eliminate marijuana-specific penalties under federal law, but would...

OpEd: 100 years of marijuana prohibition

Apr 29, 2011 | Archives, Published LTE's

One hundred years ago today, Massachusetts Governor Eugene Foss signed into law Chapter 372 of the Acts of 1911, “An act relative to the issuance of search warrants for hypnotic drugs and the arrest of those present.” Since then, marijuana has been illegal...

WWLP: 22News inFocus: The Marijuana Bill

Feb 27, 2011 | Archives

A new bill sponsored by a state representative from Hampshire County calls for the legalization of marijuana. Amherst State Representative Ellen Story is the lead sponsor of the bill, which would legalize marijuana and tax it to generate revenue for our cash-strapped...

Amherst: Story drafts legalization bill

Feb 14, 2011 | Archives

Rep. Ellen Story (D-Amherst) introduced a bill to legalize, regulate and tax marijuana to the current session of the Massachusetts General Court last month. Last November, 69 percent of the Third Hampshire District voted in favor of a public policy question...

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