Martha Coakley Dismisses Marijuana Question Complaint

[Jim Finnel]

BOSTON - Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley has rejected a complaint by backers of a pro-marijuana ballot question against the state’s 11 district attorneys.

The Committee for Sensible Marijuana Policy filed the complaint against the Massachusetts District Attorneys Association saying they made false statements about the question.

The committee pointed to a statement on the District Attorneys Association Web site saying if the question is approved "any person may carry and use marijuana at any time."

If the question passed, possession of marijuana would still be illegal and anyone carrying or using marijuana would face a $100 fine.

Coakley’s office said there’s nothing in the proposed law that explicitly forbids public use of the drug.


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[Keith Lake]

Coakley, through her office, said...

...we'd like to speak to you honestly about the issue, but we don't have time now, this initiative may pass and we're busy trying to stack the deck over here.