[ac29]

This allows "distribution in personal possession amounts without profit".

Legalization would imply that some entity or entities were legally allowed to sell at commercial scale to the general public at a profit.

[awb]

Alcohol is legal, but you can't sell it legally without a liquor license and those can be restricted in number and limited in scope (in MA you can't sell liquor on Sundays).

[superuser0]

That last part hasn't been true in quite some time. Since 2003, alcohol sales have been allowed on Sunday in Massachusetts.

[awb]

Sorry - I moved away around that time!