BOSTON, MA — Lawmakers on Beacon Hill will hear public testimony next week on four proposals to add restrictions to Massachusetts’ yet-to-be-implemented medical marijuana law.
All four bills are designed to allow landlords, property owners, and municipal governments to ban the use of medical marijuana without such bans being considered discrimination due to a medical condition.
The four bills, all introduced by Rep. Cleon H. Turner (D-Dennis) and co-sponsored by lawmakers who have voted against sensible marijuana legislation in the passed, will be heard by the Joint Committee on The Judiciary next Wednesday, June 19, beginning at 1:00 pm in room A-1 at the State House.
House Bill 1663 would allow cities, towns, districts, school districts and regional school districts to regulate, including prohibiting, the use of marijuana, including medical use of marijuana used for medicinal purposes.
House Bill 2101 extends any existing marijuana smoking ban enacted by cities, towns, districts, school districts or regional school to automatically include medical marijuana, unless they vote to allow smoking medical marijuana on their properties.
House Bill 1664 would give landlords the ability to regulate or. . . . . READ MORE