Thursday, May 9, 2013
LowellSun.com reports new regulations will go into effect May 24.
New rules for the medical use of marijuana have been written into the commonwealth's regulatory code by the Massachusetts Public Health Council Wednesday, according to State House News Service report published on LowellSun.com. Among the new regulations are how much marijuana can be generally used by patients, the licensing procedure for medical marijuana dispensaries and how low-income patients can get access, according to the report. These regulations will go into effect May 24, according to the Sun. Here in Wilmington, Town Meeting voters recently passed a 12-month moratorium on the establishment of any medical marijuana distribution center in Wilmington. In November, Massachusetts voters approved a ballot measure that would allow …
Monday, March 18, 2013
Wilmington voters to decide on moratorium at upcoming Town Meeting.
Wilmington town officials are not discouraged by a ruling by Attorney General Martha Coakley this week that said Massachusetts communities cannot ban medical marijuana distribution centers. In her ruling, Coakley struck down a Wakefield bylaw that would have completely and permanently banned such centers from the town. However, Coakley did uphold a Burlington bylaw that placed a moratorium on medical marijuana distribution centers until that town can complete an examination of zoning issues, according to an article appearing on Boston.com. The second part of the ruling is what has Wilmington officials smiling. An article on the warrant for the Annual Town Meeting in May, calls for a moratorium similar to that in Burlington. "We had …
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
With towns like Reading already voting to ban marijuana dispensaries, Town Manager Jeff Hull said Wilmington is already looking into whether voters will be asked to do the same.
Medical marijuana dispensaries are coming to Massachusetts. Whether they’re coming to Wilmington remains to be seen. After the ballot question legalizing medical marijuana passed in Massachusetts with 63 percent voter support earlier this month, towns are scrambling to find out just what impact the law will have at a local level. Just over the Wilmington border in Reading, voters have already spoken. At Town Meeting last week, Reading residents voted by a 113-39 margin to approve a zoning article that would prohibit a medical marijuana dispensary from opening in town. Wilmington Town Manager Jeff Hull said town officials are at the beginning stages of researching whether or not voters could be asked to make a similar decision at this …
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Friday, November 9, 2012
The medical marijuana ballot initiative passed on Tuesday, which means up to 35 medical marijuana dispensaries can open in 2013. Would you be OK with having one in town?
Medical marijuana is coming to Massachusetts. The question is: where? The medical marijana ballot initiative that passed in Tuesdays election with 63 percent voter approval means that up to 35 medical marijuana dispensaries can open up in the state in 2013. The new law goes into effect January 1, but requires rules and regulations be set up by the Department of Public Health. Some towns and cities, such as Quincy, reportedly are already trying to line up regulations that would keep dispensaries out of their municipalities, which have proved troublesome in some of the nine states where medical marijuana dispensaries have been legal. What do you think? Is this a classic case of NIMBY (fine, but Not In My Back Yard)? Or do medical marijuana…
Maxine
8:12 am on Friday, May 10, 2013
It's also worth noting that it can be used as a tincture or in a vaporizer. And it is far less addictive and far less harmful than oxycontin which can be prescribed by a doctor, picked up at any of our local Wilmington pharmacies and used right here in Wilmington. I'm also disappointed that ailing Wilmington residents will have to leave town to pick up much needed pain medication for at least the… more ›