Title:
Mass: Get out and vote for marijuana reform!
Message:
November 2, 2010 will be a very eventful night for marijuana
reform. Voters in South Dakota and Arizona will vote on medical marijuana
initiatives. Oregon voters will be given the opportunity to decide if they want
to allow safe and reliable access to medical marijuana by voting for
dispensaries. And who can forget California? As you are no doubt aware,
California voters will be given the historic opportunity to vote “yes” on Prop
19, which would allow cities in California to tax, regulate, and control
marijuana. Finally, some of the good people of Massachusetts will be asked
whether they think marijuana should be treated as a taxed and regulated
commodity, much like alcohol, on public policy questions on the ballot around
the state.
Thanks to MassCann, many communities across Massachusetts
will have public policy questions on the ballot. Some of these questions will
ask whether the state senator or representative, or both, should support taxing
and regulating marijuana. Some of them will ask if the state senator or
representative should support medical marijuana. Although these public policy
questions will not change law, they can certainly open the eyes of elected
officials so that they will finally see that sensible changes to
Massachusetts’s marijuana policy are an important issue to the voters.
Voters in the First Middlesex and the Norfolk state Senate
districts, as well as those in the Seventh Essex, Eighth Essex, Third
Middlesex, Thirteenth Middlesex, Thirteenth Norfolk, Barnstable, Dukes,
Nantucket, First Franklin, and Third Hampshire House districts will be able to
voice their opinions on whether Massachusetts should tax and regulate
marijuana. Additionally, many voters across the state will also be able to vote
to allow the sick and suffering of Massachusetts to use and possess marijuana
without fear of arrest and prosecution, so long as they have their doctor's
recommendation. Please see MassCann’s
website for more information about these questions. To find out what district
you live in, please visit the Massachusetts legislature’s website and enter the required information.
Thank you so much for all your energy and support. And
remember, get out and vote!
