To: The Massachusetts State House and The Massachusetts State Senate

End "Cultivation = Auto Intent to Distribute" in MA

Stop convicting those who grow Marijuana for personal use with "intent to distribute" without proof.

Why is this important?

In Massachusetts, the law states that cultivation of Marijuana alone is enough to convict for intent to distribute. It does not matter if it is one plant or one hundred. This means that anyone arrested with a Marijuana plant(s) will (and have been) be convicted of intent to distribute as well as cultivation, regardless of what the actual evidence suggests. It is the responsibility of the prosecution to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt and that includes intent. As written this law violates due process, and needs to be changed so that those who grow for personal use are not wrongly viewed as drug dealers.