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Nov 1, 2016

RE[e]FERENDUMS: 2016 Marijuana State Ballot Initiatives, Part 3

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With only a week until Election Day, we continue our coverage of state ballot initiatives proposing to legalize recreational marijuana use:
 
MASSACHUSETTS:  Massachusetts’ Question 4 would permit people 21 and over to possess up to an ounce of marijuana in public and up to 10 ounces at home. Massachusetts residents would be able to grow up to six plants and give one ounce or less of marijuana to a person at least 21 years old without payment.  A Cannabis Control Commission would regulate legal marijuana commerce.
 
A city or town could hold a local vote to determine whether to permit the selling of marijuana and marijuana products for consumption on the premises at commercial establishments.  That would mean that if state marijuana regulators choose to license cannabis cafes for on-site consumption, local referendums would determine whether cities or towns could host them.
 
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