Massachusetts: Urge Lawmakers to Implement Question 4 As Passed
On Election Day in Massachusetts, 54 percent of voters decided in favor of Question 4: The Regulation and Taxation of Marijuana Act permitting adults to legally grow and to possess marijuana for personal use, while also establishing regulations governing commercial cannabis cultivation and capping taxes on retail sales.
Your message could not have been any clearer: It is time to legalize and regulate the adult use of marijuana.
But it is becoming increasingly apparent that many powerful politicians and bureaucrats are trying theirbest to ignore voters will and rewrite history.
Over the past few weeks, legislative leaders have called for a series of delays and amendments. These include:
The arrogance and hubris lawmakers are showing toward voters is shocking, and is typified by the comments of Senate President Stanley C. Rosenberg who, only hours after the vote, pronounced: I believe that when voters vote on most ballot questions, they are voting in principle. They are not voting on the fine detail ...
