STATE HOUSE – On the eve of marijuana legalization in Massachusetts, Secretary of Public Safety and Security Daniel Bennett on Wednesday sent an eight-page letter to law enforcement leaders around the state to help guide them as a number of once-criminal acts become perfectly legal.
The first part of the state's new marijuana law kicks in Thursday, when it will become legal for adults at least 21 years old to possess up to 10 ounces of marijuana in their primary residence, possess up to one ounce outside their residence, use marijuana in their residence, grow up to six marijuana plants in their primary residence and gift up to one ounce of marijuana to another adult at least 21 years old.
Last week, Veterans Affairs got caught covering up the quality ratings of its 146 medical centers. VA Secretary Robert McDonald insists. "No VA medical facility is bad or failing." Really? Not even a hospital that earns only one star out of five?
McDonald denies he's hiding anything. But he and other VA brass have plenty to hide.
