(AP) — An 81-year-old woman on Martha’s Vineyard drove up to the Island Time dispensary last week seeking her usual order of pot.
That’s despite a counterargument that there are routes to Martha’s Vineyard that remain entirely within state territorial waters.
The conundrum led Rose to file a lawsuit last month against the commission, which now says that finding a solution to the island’s pot problem has become a top priority.
Three of the five commissioners visited Martha’s Vineyard on Thursday to hear directly from affected residents.
The tension between conflicting state and federal regulations has played out across the country as states have legalized pot.
Martha’s Vineyard Pot Shortage AP correspondent Julie Walker reports on the marijuana shortage on Martha’s Vineyard and the lawsuit.
For several years, sellers on Martha’s Vineyard and the nearby island of Nantucket thought they had a solution. »
