Medical Marijuana in Massachusetts: Yea or Nay?
Voters will be asked to decide in November. Tell us where you stand on the issue today.
Should Massachusetts allow marijuana to be used and grown for medicinal purposes? That's one question voters in the Commonwealth will decide on when they cast ballots in November. The ballot initiative calls for Massachusetts to allow doctors to prescribe marijuana to patients with chronic medical problems. It also calls for treatment centers to be created to cultivate and distribute the drug. It isn't the first time Massachusetts voters have been asked to weigh in on marijuana law changes. In 2008, voters approved an initiative that reduced possession of small amount of marjuana from a criminal offense to a fine. Attorney General Martha Coakley, the state's top law enforcement official, said in April that, if passed, the initiative is "…
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Christine
4:57 am on Sunday, September 30, 2012
The Government controls what you have to get i.e. shots, vaccines, thank this pill with a million side effects and it's "good" for you. We are suppose to be free, not 1/4 free. I think all the drugs should be legalized and that would help the economy. This way it takes the drugs away from the drug dealers. Marijuana helps people that are sick with cancer, it calms their stomach and helps them eat… more ›