Losing ground on pot
Massachusetts law enforcement leaders are sounding off against a Supreme Judicial Court ruling that says an officer catching a whiff of unburnt weed doesn’t have cause to search a car, while legalization advocates are calling it a win for civil liberties.
“How is it any different from stopping somebody with an odor of alcohol on their breath?” asked Wayne Sampson, executive director of the Massachusetts Chiefs of Police Association. “The same principle should apply.”