Massachusetts Looks To Turn Over New Leaf On Pot

[Jim Finnel]

An overwhelming number of Bay Staters replying to a Suffolk University/WHDH Ch. 7 poll say the state’s marijuana laws should go up in smoke.

The poll regarding questions set to appear on the Nov. 4 ballot shows that 72 percent of Greater Boston residents favor snuffing out criminal penalties for suspects carrying less than an ounce of pot, and replacing them with civil fines. Under the measure, a person stopped with marijuana would be given a $100 ticket and forced to forfeit the drug

“The public may be signaling that pursuing small-time marijuana users is a waste of taxpayer resources,” said David Paleologos, director of the Political Research Bureau at Suffolk University. “This issue suggests there is a libertarian streak in the thinking of the Massachusetts voter.”


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[WaVancouver]

Lets hope it passes.

 

[zolar]

ask all those holier than though types about genesis 1:12

every seed bearing plant and herb ordained good by GOD and she didn't hook them to original sin forever either

 

[hood1]

I say a step in the right direction beats going to jail and all that. But we should still fight for legalization outright get off our ass!