“Repealing legal adult use would have devastating impacts on the livelihoods of those who have invested their life savings into their businesses, communities and supporting thousands of jobs. We must vote No on 8.”
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This campaign is not about promoting the health and safety of Massachusetts residents; it is a trial balloon by a prohibitionist interest group intent upon rolling back legal cannabis markets nationwide.
Question 8 continues to lose voter support as election day approaches.
“We find that state legalization of recreational marijuana substantially reduced the arrests and disciplinary incidents for drug law violations. … The decreases in arrests after legalization are especially steep at public institutions [and at] four-year institutions.”
Vermont is the third state this year to significantly increase adult-use marijuana possession limits.
Under current law, possessing up to one ounce of cannabis is legal, but possessing between one and two ounces is classified as a criminal misdemeanor – punishable by up to six months in jail and a $500 fine.
“These findings add to the already robust evidence documenting the opioid-sparing effects of cannabis and highlight the role legal cannabis access can play in mitigating the public health burden associated with the use of prescription and non-prescription opiates.”
NORML argues that the hearing record will be incomplete unless it includes the perspective of adult cannabis consumers — the constituency NORML has represented for more than fifty years.