Lexington Could Look Into Regulating Marijuana Dispensaries

Lexington officials are beginning to look into the issue of medical marijuana dispensaries following last week's approval of Question 3.

  With the passage of Question 3 during the Nov. 6 electino cities and towns around Massachusetts are left to set regulations for medical marijuana dispensaries. Voters approved the use of marijuana for medical purposes, as prescribed by a doctor, by a 63 to 37 percent margin. With the approval comes the creation of marijuana dispensaries—"non-profit treatment centers that will grow, process and provide marijuana to patients or their caregivers," according to the Secretary of State. There are already state regulations built into Question 3, which require the dispensaries to apply and pay for a Department of Public Health registration, as well as submit operating procedures, including the mandatory storage of marijuana in locked facilities…

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Massachusetts Ballot Questions 2012

Read the ballot questions before you step into the voting booth.

  Lexington voters will encounter three ballot questions on the Nov. 6 presidential election ballot. Each is binding. They include petition-generated intiatives to allow medical marijuana, and to provide for assisted suicide. Scroll down to read each question. Availability of Motor Vehicle Repair Information Do you approve of a law summarized below, on which no vote was taken by the Senate or the House of Representatives on or before May 1, 2012? SUMMARY As required by law, summaries are written by the State Attorney General, and the statements describing the effect of a “yes” or “no” vote are written jointly by the State Attorney General and the Secretary of the Commonwealth. This proposed law would prohibit any motor vehicle manufacturer…

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Off the Blotter

LPD Chief: Question 3 Will Do Great Harm to Lexington's Public Health and Public Safety

Harshing the medical marijuana mellow.

  The following was provided by Lexington Police Chief Mark Corr. A citizen petition is on the ballot for Nov. 6 that would permit the growing, sale and possession of marijuana for “medical” reasons. In my opinion, this is a poorly written law. As the Police Chief, I ask that you please take the time to learn the facts, for example: I direct you to the formal stances against “medical marijuana” taken by the American Medical Association, the British Medical Association, the American Glaucoma Society, the American Society of Addiction Medicine, the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the International Federation of Multiple Sclerosis and the American Cancer Society. Let me simplify their positions – marijuana is not a medicine. I understand …

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Anna Smith

5:47 pm on Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Stick with the tomato juice, drink up good on it, it has good cancer fighting qualities. Ohhh wait......it wont make you high, so you can aswer questions clear headed. Not to mention your Mommy-in law will not look like a monkey, and you will walk stable on the ground instead of rolling around.   more ›