BOSTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2011. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court today ruled in an American Civil Liberties Union case that the mere smell of marijuana no longer justifies a search or seizure, because the possession of a small quantity of marijuana is no longer criminal in Massachusetts.
Massachusetts voters in November 2008 approved Question 2, which decriminalized the possession of an ounce or less of marijuana. In its ruling today, the Court said, “Ferreting out decriminalized behavior…
