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9 Problems With the Marijuana Rules Proposed by Massachusetts Legislators

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Submitted by Marijuana News on Wed, 03/09/2016 - 06:39

Camapaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol in an op-ed piece published yesterday, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker, Attorney General Maura Healy, and Boston Mayor Martin Walsh urged voters to reject a marijuana legalization measure that is expected to appear on the state ballot in November. Meanwhile, state legislators released a 118-page report that assumes marijuana will be legalized and makes recommendations about how it should be regulated. Their answer: more strictly than envisioned by the ballot initiative, which is known as the Regulation and Taxation of Marijuana Act (RTMA). Here are some of the ways in which the Special Senate Committee on Marijuana wants to make restrictions on the production, distribution, and consumption of cannabis more onerous:

1. Home cultivation. The RTMA allows adults 21 or older to have up to six plants and 12 seedlings at home. The committee wants to "prohibit home growing" or at least "impose...

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