Though Question 3 was approved by 63% of voters last week, paving the way for medical marijuana to be made available in Massachusetts, residents in some towns are being proactive by working to ensure that a pot shop doesn’t open in their neighborhood. The Boston Globe, reports today that Melrose officials are considering a proposal […]
The proposed ‘medical’ marijuana law in Question 3 is full of intentional loopholes and opportunity for abuse. Children are especially vulnerable to the increased availability of this gateway drug, should Question 3 pass. Please send the below ‘top ten’ list of problems with this legislation to local Parent-Teacher Associations/Organizations to spread the word: 1. Ballot […]
The proposed ‘medical’ marijuana law in Question 3 is full of intentional loopholes and opportunity for abuse. Children are especially vulnerable to the increased availability of this gateway drug, should Question 3 pass. Please send the below ‘top ten’ list of problems with this legislation to local Parent-Teacher Associations/Organizations to spread the word: 1. Ballot […]
Voters grow weary of medical marijuana as they learn about community impacts (OCTOBER 17, 2012) Wayland, MA – A recent poll of likely voters shows that support for the legalization of “medical” marijuana is dramatically falling as voters learn more about the details of the question. “In our grassroots mobilization effort, we’ve been vigorously […]
Watch commentator Bill O’Reilly debunk medical marijuana. O’Reilly correctly points out that efforts to decriminalize marijuana for ‘medical’ uses are really a rouse to legalize illicit drugs across the board. Find out the truth about efforts to legalize marijuana here in Massachusetts.
From Kevin Sabet of the MA Prevention Alliance: This week, the Los Angeles City Council unanimously agreed to shut down all 900 store fronts selling marijuana for so-called “medical” purposes.” Siding with neighborhood residents and public health experts like the American Medical Association, the Council took a courageous stand against what has become a magnet […]
For the first time in Massachusetts legal history, a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) ordered the Attorney General to correct a “misleading” statement on the ballot and voter’s guide being prepared by the Secretary of State for the upcoming November election. Justice Robert Cordy rendered his decision on June 7 after hearing arguments […]
From the WaylandPatch: The Massachusetts Prevention Alliance, of which WaylandCares is a member, has filed a petition with the Supreme Judicial Court of Suffolk County seeking the clarification of language in a likely ballot initiative to legalize medical marijuana. … “The radical components of this marijuana ballot question are being hidden from the voter,” said […]
Medical marijuana would create ‘huge headache,’ Coakley says With a question poised to go before voters in the fall legalizing medical marijuana, Attorney General Martha Coakley on Thursday said she worried the policy proposal would be difficult and costly to enforce if it passes. “My position is if this passes as a ballot question it’s going to […]
Staff Members Maureen Vacca and Andrew Beckwith were among the first to testify at the State House this morning on the proposed ‘medical marijuana’ bill, HB 3885. Andrew pointed out that the draft legislation allows for marijuana to be prescribed for any ailment imaginable and that it would be sold by untrained ‘dispensary agents’, not […]