“Many older adults are aware of the litany of serious adverse side-effects associated with available prescription drugs, like opioids or sleep aids, and they perceive medical cannabis to be a viable and potentially safer alternative.”
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“There’s no ‘buyer’s remorse’ among Massachusetts’ voters when it comes to legalizing cannabis and this fact will become even clearer come November.”
“Liberalizing marijuana laws continues to be a policy that is widely favored by voters. Elected officials who refuse to take action to end cannabis criminalization, or who vote stand in the way of these reform efforts, do so at their own political peril.”
Now is not the time for the cannabis community to rest on the laurels of its past successes or to presume that someone else is going to finish the job.
NORML has expressed opposition to the state-monopoly model, opining “Adopting this model would arguably make the state (and its employees) vulnerable to litigation and, ultimately, federal preemption.”
“[The] electorate … is clearly ready for cannabis to be legalized for adult use.”
“An overwhelming majority of Americans oppose marijuana prohibition, and this has been the case for more than a decade. It borders on political malpractice that Congress has yet to take any meaningful action to comport federal cannabis laws with the will of the people.”
At a time when voters and politicians are historically divided, there is one issue that Americans largely agree upon: It’s time to legalize marijuana.