GEORGETOWN — The Massachusetts Cannabis Convention resolved that "noncommercial cultivation for personal use is a human right and is not to be taxed" at a meeting in Georgetown last weekend.
More than 50 marijuana reform activists from around the state attended the convention called by the Massachusetts Cannabis Reform Coalition (Mass Cann), a state affiliate of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws.
Before the resolution, those in attendance exchanged ideas on advancing marijuana law reform.
Terry Franklin of Amherst spoke about FreedomBusCaravan,org, an activist plan for the presidential primary season in New Hampshire.
Matt Allen of Boston spoke about the activities of MassCompassion.org. He identified Speaker of the House, Robert DeLeo as the roadblock to reforming the Weld administration-approved medical marijuana law so that patients would not need a federally approved supply, which is not a requirement in any of the laws approved in 15 states and the District of Columbia since passage of the Massachusetts Therapeutic Research Act.
The results of the legalization public policy questions that appeared on the ballot in one Senate and eight House Districts, which were released last week, show that a majority of the more than 200,000 voters polled support regulation and taxation of cannabis commerce in Massachusetts.
The group also discussed anticipated legislation intended to gut Question 2, an act establishing a sensible state marijuana policy approved by more than 63 percent of voters in the 2008 election.
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