Lawmakers asked to settle marijuana’s status under ag. laws

STATE HOUSE — Pivoting from the ongoing debate over whether the state should legalize marijuana for adult use, lawmakers on Tuesday were asked to grapple with a new question around the drug: are marijuana plants an agricultural crop or a controlled substance? At issue is a Plympton farmer's plan to build a marijuana cultivation center on his agricultural-residential property, also home to cranberry bogs and horse pastures. Jeff Randall, a fourth-generation farmer backed up by town counsel and t

STATE HOUSE — Pivoting from the ongoing debate over whether the state should legalize marijuana for adult use, lawmakers on Tuesday were asked to grapple with a new question around the drug: are marijuana plants an agricultural crop or a controlled substance? At issue is a Plympton farmer's plan to build a marijuana cultivation center on his agricultural-residential property, also home to cranberry bogs and horse pastures. Jeff Randall, a fourth-generation farmer backed up by town counsel and t…