The Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol is supporting a 2016 statewide ballot initiative to end marijuana prohibition in Massachusetts. Today the group announced that it has collected more than 100,000 signatures in support of their initiative. The signatures, however, still need to be reviewed and certified by town and city clerks before being submitted to the secretary of the commonwealth by December 2.
According to a press release we got from the group 64,750 valid signatures of registered state voters are required to qualify for the November 2016 ballot. After the secretary of the commonwealth’s office tallies and confirms the signatures, the petition will be transmitted to the Massachusetts Legislature. If the legislature does not adopt the measure, initiative backers must collect 10,792 additional signatures in June 2016 to place the initiative on the November 2016 ballot.
“Massachusetts voters want the opportunity to end the failed policy of marijuana prohibition in 2016,” said campaign manager Will Luzier. “This initiative will replace the underground marijuana market with a tightly regulated system of licensed businesses that pay taxes and create good jobs.
“It should not be a crime for adults to engage in the responsible consumption of a substance that is objectively less harmful than alcohol,” Luzier said. “Police have far more pressing things to worry about than issuing citations to every adult they find in possession of a small amount of marijuana.” In summary, the proposed initiative would:
This seems so far to be a descent proposal. Mainly because it allows adults to cultivate their own cannabis. This isn’t something that you can do in Washington state for instance. Anyhow good luck Massachusetts. For more information, visit http://www.RegulateMassachusetts.org.
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