Why Are They Still Prosecuting Pot Cases in Massachusetts?

‘With marijuana having been legalized through the ballot in Massachusetts, and with it now being legal to grow 12 cannabis plants in a household, one might expect to see any existing small time marijuana grow cases to be dismissed.
Unfortunately, that hasn’t been the case.
Just ask Marcus Upshaw, who in a sane state wouldn’t have been charged in the first place. He should have been protected by the Commonwealth’s existing medical marijuana law, but is instead currently facing distribution charges for about two ounces of cannabis and less than a handful of plants—that despite his being a registered patient with the state Department of Public Health.’
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