The use of drugs should be decriminalized, with the least harmful substances regulated and sold in shops, a group of British parliamentarians said in a report released over the weekend. The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Drug Policy reform made its findings in the report Toward a Safer Drug Policy: Challenges and Opportunities Arising from 'Legal Highs'.
Now that medical marijuana is legal in the Garden State and a third of the other states, lawyers are busy figuring out what advice to offer. It's complicated since the federal government still views the drug as illegal.
A single prosecution can easily run more than $1 million -- all to send an empty message about federal drug laws and hand the market share over to a less savory purveyor.
Matthew R. Davies graduated from college with a master’s degree in business and a taste for enterprise, working in real estate, restaurants and mobile home parks before seizing on what he saw as uncharted territory with a vast potential for profits — medical marijuana.
It may be crass to promote grass, but the concept of marijuana for medicinal purposes is spreading across the country, with many weed-wielding businesses predicting a high time for their bottom line.
Many Massachusetts cities and towns are taking a “wait-and-see” approach to medical marijuana, looking for specific guidance from the state before enacting local measures regulating it within its borders.