MA Laws on Marijuana

Greetings folks, for those in the New England or Greater Boston Area I hope you're snowed in comfortably and safely! Perhaps you may be laid back, relaxing, and smoking something nice! But have you ever wondered what the laws are pertaining to the thing you're smoking, if so this post is for you. 

Massachusetts Laws and Penalties:

Possession for Personal Use

An adult may have up to one ounce of marijuana; up to 5 grams of marijuana may be marijuana concentrate. Within a primary residence, adults may have up to 10 ounces of marijuana and any marijuana produced by marijuana plants cultivated on the premises.

Possession of more than 1 ounce of marijuana is punishable by a fine of $500 and/or imprisonment of up to 6 months. However, first offenders act will be placed on probation. Subsequent offenses may result in a fine of $2000 and/or imprisonment of up to 2 years. 

Possession with Intent to Distribute

First offenders, possessing less than 50 pounds of marijuana with the intent to manufacture, distribute, dispense or cultivate is punishable by a fine of $500-$5,000 and/or imprisonment of up to 2 years. 

Subsequent offenses are punishable by a fine of $1,000-$10,000 and/or imprisonment of 1-2.5 years.

Cultivation

Adults may grow 6 marijuana plants at their residence with a limit of a total of 12 plants at the residence.

An adult may not grow marijuana plants where the plants "are visible from a public place." A violation of this section is punishable as a civil offense with a penalty not to exceed $300 and forfeiture of the marijuana.

There you have some basic information on some of the penalties and fines for certain actions. If one wants to learn more about this, visit the link above which is where all of my information was obtained from. It is important for people to have knowledge on the substance their consuming therefore I hope this post was indeed helpful!