Nov 29, 2016 | Archives, Legalization, The Law, Write Your Officials
On January 3rd in Boston, and January 5th in Holyoke (see events calendar), the Public Health Council will hear testimony concerning existing regulations. The proposed regulations are limited in number as shown below and at their website. See the Commonwealth of...
May 15, 2015 | Archives, Cannabis Medicine, The Law
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health has posted new regulations beginning June 29th, 2015 for non-profit organizations applying for a Certificate of Registration to open a Registered Marijuana Dispensary in Massachusetts. Rounding the corner of the three year...
Mar 23, 2015 | Archives, Prohibition, The Law
US Attorney Greg Broderick and defense attorney Zenia Gilg argue in front of Judge Kimberly Mueller. Drawing by Ron Mullins of Sacramento NORML. by Jeremy Daw Judge Kimberly Mueller, the federal magistrate who made history by granting defense requests for a five-day...
Nov 29, 2014 | Legalization, The Law, Write Your Officials
by Ellen Brown, Sinsemilla Seminars (edited by Kathryn Rifkin) How do you feel about the Massachusetts medical marijuana program? What are your concerns? Here are some that I’ve heard. 1. Massachusetts doesn’t have reciprocity meaning our state...
Dec 25, 2012 | Archives, The Law
Two paragraphs were hidden away in this story Malden Council Makes Marijuana Use Punishable by Arrest, like charms in a Christmas pudding. The bulk of the article reports on Malden’s escalating punishment ethos, and a quote from Judge Ireland was included, but...
Apr 24, 2011 | Archives, The Law
April 29, 2011, marks the one hundredth anniversary of Massachusetts’ first law (see below) interfering with free commerce in Cannabis intended for human consumption. It was the first state law concerning Cannabis in the nation. The 1911 law required a...