Massachusetts repeal measure squeaks onto the November ballot
State officials certified the initiative to end adult-use sales and home grow, now Question 8, after it cleared the signature bar by about 120 names.
It was close. Organizers needed 12,429 more certified signatures in the second round and got 12,551 accepted out of 12,889 turned in. That was enough for state officials to certify the measure in early July, putting a rollback of legal cannabis in front of Massachusetts voters on November 3. It's now Question 8.
A yes vote would repeal the laws allowing licensed adult-use sales and home cultivation. Simple possession would stay legal, and the medical marijuana program would remain.
The campaign is run by the Coalition for a Healthy Massachusetts and bankrolled largely by Smart Approaches to Marijuana's political arm, SAM Action. Industry opponents tried to knock it off the ballot, arguing it lumped unrelated subjects together and that the attorney general's summary was misleading. The state's highest court ruled against them.
Why it matters: A win would make Massachusetts the first state where voters repeal a recreational system they approved at the ballot box.
