Earlier this month on the 236th anniversary of battles of Lexington and Concord, our state supreme court released its decision in Commonwealth v. Cruz, honoring the principles of 1775. The Cruz ruling limits police power to detain and search a c…
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A Centennial Anniversary That’s Hardly Worth Celebrating
April 29, 2011 | 1 views | No Comments
Marijuana prohibition ‘celebrates’ its centennial anniversary today. That’s right, the government’s war on cannabis consumers is now officially 100-years-old.
Self-evidently, cannabis has won.
Although many credit the passage of the federal Marijuana Tax Act of 1937 with the initiation of pot prohibition, the reality is that one hundred years ago today, Massachusetts Governor Eugene Foss signed [...]
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MJ Smoke Odor in Car Not Enough for Police Action?
April 20, 2011 | 0 views | No Comments
The smell of marijuana smoke is no longer enough reason for police to order someone out of a car, now that pot has been decriminalized in Massachusetts, the state’s highest court said in a decision published on Tuesday.
The ruling by the Mas…
Posted in NewsMMJ Cruises Through Judiciary Panel
April 5, 2011 | 0 views | No Comments
In a year when state lawmakers are looking for all the pain relief they can get, Gov. Dannel Malloy’s medical marijuana bill had relatively little trouble making it through the General Assembly’s Judiciary Committee Tuesday.
Opponents tried to…
Posted in NewsWhy New England Has Become The HQ of MJ Reform
April 1, 2011 | 2 views | No Comments
Over, the past decade, New England has quietly emerged as a center of marijuana law reform. Outside of the West, no other region of the country has matched the advances of that historic corner of America bounded by New York, Canada, and the North At…
Posted in NewsKiller Cop Walks in Massachusetts Drug Raid Death
March 13, 2011 | 41 views | No Comments
The Framingham, Massachusetts, SWAT team officer who shot and killed a 68-year-man lying prostrate on his apartment floor during a drug raid will face no criminal charges. The killing of Eurie Stamps was an "…
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