Pot is legal on Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard. Transporting it there is not

Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket may seem like idyllic vacation spots, green gems embedded in a blue ocean. But when it comes to marijuana, it’s more like they’re legally surrounded.

While the islands off Cape Cod are part of Massachusetts, where marijuana has been legalized, the planes and ferries that serve the island are under federal oversight, and marijuana has not been legalized under federal law.

“The prospect of transporting marijuana products to either one of the islands presents a thorny legal situation,” said state Senator Julian Cyr, a Democrat who represents the Cape and Islands.

He and state Representative Dylan Fernandes, who also represents the area, have pushed for the state’s new Cannabis Control Commission to come up with a solution to the problem.

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