a report from Councillor Craig Kelley, Chair of the Public Safety Committee, for a public hearing held on March 13, 2019 to discuss under what circumstance the City of Cambridge might be interested in submitting a home rule petition to allow the City Council or another branch of Municipal Government to define, if, where and how public consumption of cannabis might be allowed in Cambridge

#TACHMENTA 13 March, 2019 Cambridge Public Safety Committee Is this issue worth more effort? on City-owned property in Allowing the consumption of non-combustionable cannabis

3. Medical marijuana sales 4. Recreational marijuana sales 2. Possession of a certain amount of cannabis 1. Growing of a limited number of plants out of sight from the public way of wigglely in terms of application) Current State Law Allows 6. Recreational consumption on private property 5. Medical consumption on private property (sort

• City • State • Balms • Vaping • Edibles • Federal • Combustionables • Cannot "consume" on public property • Some wiggle room for medical marijuana • Can't "smoke" it anywhere smoking is not allowed • Can't possess or consume it on HUD-associated property So, if you or a friend do not own your own • HUGE DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT ON LOW-INCOME RENTERS you cannot "consume" marijuana anywhere.... property or have a landlord who doesn't forbid it,

NO IS THE INABILITY FOR SO MANY PEOPLE TO LEGALLY CONSUME MARIJUANA A FAIR RESULT OF STATE LAW?

MAYBE the Legislature, through a Home Rule Petition, for the power to designate City- non-combustionable marijuana products? Does the Cambridge City Council want to ask owned property for the legal consumption of

To Frame This Discussion

Institutional Space What we are not talking about

Private Property What we are not talking about

conviser [email removed] [phone removed] FOR LEASE Allowing 'pot' cafes What we are not talking about

Commercial Property What we are not talking about

MBTA, State or Federal Property What we are not talking about

What we are not talking about Housing Developments Regardless of the Owner

What we are not talking about Smoked Marijuana (Combustionables)

POLICE CAMBRIDGE What we are not talking about Current Enforcement Efforts (as a specific topic)

Post fiel ESTMEAS GRILLE NEWLENNE Sidewalks What we are talking about

Parks and other Open Space What we are talking about

What we are talking about Edibles, Balms and Vaping (etc)

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