Got cancer? Tough luck. Got epilepsy? Too bad, so sad. Got chronic pain? Shut up and go eat your opiates.
LET PATIENTS GROW: HARDSHIP MEDICAL CANNABIS CULTIVATORS IN MASS FACE ABSURD OBSTACLES
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CANNABIZ CORNER: BETH WATERFALL’S DEPARTURE FROM ‘NORMAL CAREER LIFE’
"It was hard to ignore the fact that there was a deficit in available quality cannabis education in a comfortable and professional setting—nevermind the glaring lack of public education happening to let people outside the cannabis industry understand the history of the plant."
THIS IS WHAT PROHIBITION LOOKS LIKE IN A LEGAL STATE
Inside the war against cannabis in Milford, which could have major Commonwealth-wide implications
IN BOSTON, CONTROVERSIAL ‘FREE SPEECH’ RALLY GETS PERMIT WHILE CANNABIS ADVOCATES ARE DENIED
For decades, and under three different mayoral administrations, organizers of the Boston Freedom Rally from the cannabis advocacy group MassCann/NORML have been denied permits for their annual event.
A QUICK AND HANDY GUIDE FOR GETTING HIGH AT PROTESTS
Like your kindergarten teacher always challenged, if you don’t bring enough for everyone, then don’t you dare show off your stash in class.
CANNABIS STORIES THAT MASS MEDIA MUST HAVE MISSED
There is a troubling lack of institutional memory among those who report on weed, from the local to the national level.
TALKING JOINTS MEMO: HEADLINES (8.9.17)
All of your New England cannabis headlines in one place plus much more
TALKING JOINTS MEMO: HEADLINES (8.2.17)
"Breaking Down The Changes To Mass. Recreational Marijuana Bill" and more
TALKING JOINTS MEMO: THE BEGINNING OF A BEAUTIFUL RELATIONSHIP
Getting to know your new weed law
TALKING JOINTS MEMO: RECAP OF A CRITICAL DAY IN MASS CANNABIS HISTORY
A legislative compromise on cannabis plus a legal win for patients
DAVE’S NOT HERE: HOW A PROTEST AT SPEAKER DELEO’S HOUSE BECAME A PROXY FOR POLITICAL POSITIONING ON CANNABIS
Apparently a guy who will do anything for his boss, who can substantially increase the rep’s earning power with the right appointment, Rogers came out to defend the speaker and to attack angry voters.
TALKING JOINTS MEMO: DIGESTING AN UNNECESSARILY COMPLICATED WEEK IN CANNABIS
If you want to retrace all the nitty gritty nuggets though, we are also including a “MASS HEADLINE DUMPSTER” with links to dozens of articles that came and went over the past week.
‘LET ME MAKE THIS DISTINCTION’
Boston City Councilor Tito Jackson on embracing cannabis reform
OMNIBUST: ON RIDICULOUSNESS, RANCOR, AND THE VULNERABLE MASS CANNABIS LAW
“The House bill, even with its most egregious flaws addressed, adopts a hostile approach that would not serve any system of commerce well, much less the fledgling legal marijuana market."
DOWN TO THE WIRE: AN INTERVIEW WITH THE CO-CHAIR OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON MARIJUANA POLICY
“The question is: How fast can we move people from the illicit market to the legal market, and that really depends on access and taxes, so those are the two things that are important to me.”
TOUGH ROW TO HOE: LINDA NOEL DISHES DIRT ON CANNABIS FARMING
Linda Noel, a co-founder of MassCann/NORML and its current treasurer, is also an active and practicing farmer, growing heirloom tomatoes in Franklin. Here are her thoughts about cannabis farming these days.
INTERVIEW: KEVIN KAFKA OF CANNA CARE DOCS
From political persecution to medical acceptance
LETTER TO MY DEALER ABOUT ALL THAT BAD STUFF I’VE BEEN SAYING
Will I be dazzled by the variety and fine quality of storebought weed? Maybe not: I’m an undiscerning cheapskate.
AFTER THE RAID: DO THE PHILLY ARRESTS SIGNAL A NEW WAR ON PATIENTS?
"I don’t like that the regulated marijuana industry would be happy about anybody being arrested over cannabis."
MASSCANN/NORML PICKS A FEW FIGHTS
Homegrow is a crucial issue, but the current 12-plant limit seems unlikely to be reduced, while the prospect of expanding the limit or lifting it altogether appears dead, at least for this session.
WEST COAST CANNABIS DISPATCH: GREEN WEDDING
I have never been too interested in marriage myself, but the thought of my great aunt pulling a tube out of a flower pot at the dinner table has me wondering if I should go and propose to my partner.
STRANGE BUDFELLOWS: A CANNABIS LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR ALL LEVELS, WITH HIGH STAKES
I didn’t get much time to think during the New England Cannabis Convention in Boston this past weekend. Between the vaporizers being passed around out on the street to the literally thousands of people who I interacted with during panels and at our booth for ...
JACKSON TESTIFIES ON CANNABIS BILLS AT STATE HOUSE
“Not only should [convicted drug offenders] have an opportunity to work in this industry, they should have the opportunity to own [businesses].”
DEAR READER: WE NEED YOU TO HELP US DEFLATE THE CANNABIS TABOO BUBBLE
We get a lot of reader mail at DigBoston, and some of our recent letters and emails have noted that our writers (myself included) can sometimes get juvenile in our vitriolic assaults on “prohibitionists.”
GUEST OP-ED: SCROGGING FOR SUCCESS IN MASS
Fact and fiction about home grow marijuana
COMMONWEALTH CANNABIS COMMITTEE COMMENCES
Mass marijuana comm needs a listening, not a hearing
REEFER MMA-DNESS
How Mass politicians say ‘local control’ when they mean ‘prohibition’
STATE OF CANNABIS IN THE COMMONWEALTH
Since said popular vote, or even before Election Day actually, politicians on both sides of the aisle have worked hard to keep marijuana underground.
ON YOUR MARK, GET SET, GROW
Get those seeds in the ground right away, Mass
VICTORY DANCE IN THE GATHERING GLOOM
for those in Massachusetts, legal pot may be more imperiled here in the state than on the federal level.
