made legal.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nIn Massachusetts, the states highest court has said repeatedly that the smell of marijuana alone cannot justify a warrantless vehicle search.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Vermont state Supreme Court ruled in January that the \u201cfaint odor of burnt marijuana\u201d didn\u2019t give state police the right to impound and search a man\u2019s car.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pennsylvania judge Maria Dantos ruled that the \u2018plain smell\u2019 of marijuana alone no longer provides authorities with probable cause to conduct a search of a subject vehicle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It’s been 4-years since the senseless shooting of Philando Castile and a lot has changed. The solidarity that came in the aftermath of the killing of George Floyd led to more sweeping changes in police departments across the country. While that alone can be enough to incite optimism, there still that fear in the back of the minds of people like myself. What could happen if “I smell like marijuana.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
How police respond when those words come into their mind will be under scrutiny from here on out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Only time will tell if police will stick with status quo or smell the changes in the air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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