The Catch-22 of Legal Pot in Massachusetts: You Still Can't Buy, Sell It
In less than three weeks, anyone 21 or older can legally possess and consume marijuana in the Bay State. Acquiring the drug is another story.
In less than three weeks, New England will enter uncharted waters — more specifically, uncharted waters for the East Coast of the United States.
Amid President-elect Donald Trump's pick of marijuana legalization opponent Jeff Sessions for attorney general, Massachusetts will become the first state on the East Coast to allow recreational marijuana use as the new law goes into effect Dec. 15.
That means anyone 21 or older — including Massachusetts residents and Rhode Islanders who cross the border — can legally possess and consume marijuana in the Bay State.
Acquiring the drug is another story.
The new Massachusetts law — which some officials are now scrambling to alter — will hark back to the early years of Rhode Island's medical marijuana program when patients...
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