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In a huff about a puff

Rather than working on real crimes, which is, you know, messy, Boston's finest are on high alert and are planning to blitz pot-smoking Phish concert-goers at Fenway Park. The Herald is overcome with the vapours at the very thought of such things happening in and around the "storied ballpark."

Hopefully there's some overtime in it, what with the cutbacks on detail work guarding holes, and all that.

Storied Fenway Park!
Oh the humanity!

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The first six words of that article alone was worth clicking on the link.

Beware the flunkies...they're after your children!

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The vapours-inducing Herald front page in boxes in the same row as the blaring "LEGALIZE POT NOW" cover on the Phoenix.

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What am I missing here?

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because people smoke pot near where they live or where their kids live or play.

By the way, you don't have to pay the $100 ticket. Nothing happens to you if you dont.

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Isn't there some sort of proximity law that raises the fine/punishment because of a school zone?

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You are thinking of selling drugs although there is a different penalty for kids that smoke pot.

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By the way, you don't have to pay the $100 ticket. Nothing happens to you if you dont.

Hi Pete, very interesting info, can you point me to more info on this? Sounds like you are in the know about current practical state of law enforcement in Boston on this issue?

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but for right now, this "civil fine" is not in any sort of general law in terms of warrant service or punishment, except for the $100 fine for adults. People voted for the law before anyone (the ma legislature) actually thought about how to do the paperwork for it in terms of penalties and court enforcement. MA laws are somewhat established in terms of what fines you have to pay and how criminal warrants get issued in case you don't pay for those fines.

So if you don't pay these "civil" fines, you don't face any additional penalties if you don't pay them, and you definitly don't get warrant put on your head like if you didn't pay a suspended license fine or any other established general law.

Don't go out risking everything on this though as Im only 99% sure on it from what Ive heard/seen.

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The people of MA decided that our societal resources shouldn't be wasted to prosecute pot smokers as felons. That isn't the same as being legal. It is still illegal, just not treated like the world ends and kittens die with each toke. You can be ticketed and fined for using pot.

Even if it was legal - which it is not - smoking would be banned in certain areas. The Commonwealth has also decided that smoking on MBTA platforms and vehicles is against the law. Tobacco may be legal, but you can be ticketed and fined if you use it where it isn't permitted.

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and of course, everyone knows how effective the law prohibiting smoking on MBTA property is. I see MBTA employees smoking on the T.

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