Massachusetts

MADem

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1. It's not an "arrestable" offense, unless you're carrying a ton of weed on you.

Fri Dec 6, 2013, 07:55 AM

Dec 2013

They write you a ticket and steal your stash and send you on your way. It's decriminalized.

I thought you lived in MA-you don't know the law?

http://norml.org/laws/item/massachusetts-penalties-2?category_id=865

Possession for Personal Use
Possession of 1 ounce or less of marijuana is decriminalized and is punishable as a civil offense. If the offender is over the age of 18 they must pay a fine of $100. Offenders under the age of 18 must pay a $100 fine and must attend a drug awareness program. Possession of less than an ounce of marijuana cannot result in denial of public financial assistance or the right to a driver's license.

See:

Mass. Gen. Laws. ch. 94C, § 32L ....

They really should just legalize it.

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Massachusetts worst in country for pot busts. [View all] MannyGoldstein Dec 2013 OP

It's not an "arrestable" offense, unless you're carrying a ton of weed on you. MADem Dec 2013 #1

That's just terrible. MannyGoldstein Dec 2013 #2

NY has stop and frisk, we don't. The S/F laws cause the cops to pull out the weed and then accuse MADem Dec 2013 #4

Maybe Mass residents don't get high? Scuba Dec 2013 #3

You can't throw a rock in Boston without hitting a college or a university! MADem Dec 2013 #5

lol In_The_Wind Dec 2013 #6

We do, but... pipi_k Dec 2013 #7