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Massachusetts

MADem

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

Reply to MannyGoldstein (Reply #2)

Fri Dec 6, 2013, 08:07 AM

Dec 2013

the person who was (to my mind, unconstitutionally) stopped with the crime of having the weed out in public.

That's all in your link, there.

They need to legalize it and tax it. It would make for a great revenue stream.

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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