With recreational cannabis set to start budding in Massachusetts next year, many farmers in the New England region are looking to take their talent and experience into the cultivation market. However, the state’s medical marijuana system has already been conquered …
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Massachusetts Legislators Will Consider Blocking Anti-Pot Towns From Receiving Cannabis Tax Revenue – News
The rollout of recreational cannabis sales in Massachusetts has run into a stumbling block as over 100 local municipalities have voted not to allow canna-businesses in their jurisdictions. Cannabis advocacy groups have pointed out that although these municipalities will not …
Read More »Massachusetts Cannabis Arrests Dropped Significantly in 2016, but Racist Policing Practices Persist – News
While the West Coast has fully embraced cannabis reform and a move towards recreational legalization, America’s East Coast has been more reluctant, with zero recreational pot shops currently operating east of the Mississippi. Prohibition is ending quickly, though, and a …
Read More »More People Were Arrested for Marijuana in 2016 Than for All Violent Crimes Combined – News
Despite the fact that marijuana has been made legal in some form or fashion in over half the United States, law enforcement agencies are still busting more people for weed than the combination of aggravated assaults, rapes, murders and all …
Read More »Another Massachusetts Town Votes to Ban Legal Cannabis – News
The residents of Milford have voted to add their town to the growing list of Massachusetts municipalities that have banned recreational marijuana businesses from their area. The referendum passed on Tuesday with support from 56.3 percent of the voters. Before …
Read More »MA Supreme Court Rules Field Sobriety Tests Can’t Determine Marijuana Intoxication
A monumental ruling in the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court on Tuesday declared that police officers are unable to testify whether a driver was under the influence of marijuana while operating a vehicle based on the results of a field sobriety …
Read More »Massachusetts Court Rules That Alcohol Field Sobriety Tests Are Not Valid for Cannabis – News
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that alcohol sobriety tests used in DUI cases cannot be used as conclusive evidence that a driver was impaired by cannabis. The court ruled that officers cannot be allowed to testify as to …
Read More »New Study Finds Legal Cannabis Equals Fewer Pharmaceuticals
“Legal access to cannabis may reduce the use of multiple classes of dangerous prescription medications in certain patient populations,” according to the results of a new study. Regardless of what some officials in the Trump administration believe, Americans have a …
Read More »Massachusetts Municipalities Are Fighting to Ban Legal Cannabis – and Winning – News
Although nearly two million Massachusetts residents voted to legalize cannabis last November, local governments across the state are fighting to keep legal marijuana out of their cities and towns – and winning. Municipal officials across the state were granted the …
Read More »Meet the Mother and Son Who Became Accidental Cannabis Activists – News
Cannabis reform has made great strides in recent years, with medical and recreational legalization spreading across the country, but the plant and its supporters are not in the clear yet. In fact, as long as marijuana remains illegal on a …
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