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Massachusetts

Senate pot committee to publish findings

A special Senate committee formed to study the possible impacts of legalizing marijuana in Massachusetts is poised to release its findings next week. Senate President Stanley Rosenberg, Sen. Jason Lewis and members of the Special Committee on Marijuana will unveil the report at a press conference scheduled for Tuesday. Lewis,

Massachusetts

Demonstrators protest lobbyist’s work against legalizing pot

BOSTON — As a medical marijuana dispensary opened its doors in Lowell Tuesday morning, demonstrators who support a move to make sales of the drug legal for recreational use gathered nearby to call on the company that owns the shop to break ties with a lobbyist opposing their campaign. Patriot Care,

Massachusetts

Senator: Legal marijuana would create many challenges

STATE HOUSE — Highly potent edible forms of marijuana make up nearly half the legalized market in Colorado and have had dangerous consequences for adults and children, according to a Massachusetts senator who returned last week from a research trip. Back from what he called an "eye-opening trip," Sen.