After speaking before a crowd on the Boston Common at the 23rd Boston Freedom Rally, U.S. Rep. Barney Frank told The Daily Free Press that marijuana should be legal and smoking it is an individual decision.

"I don't think anybody should be treated as a criminal for it," Frank said Saturday of smoking marijuana.

Frank headlined the list of speakers at the rally, which also known as "Hempfest."

The Massachusetts Cannabis Reform Coalition, or MassCann, ran the rally, partnering with the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, or NORML.

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