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BOSTON, Mass. (WBZ NewsRadio) — Massachusetts voters could be seeing a question about marijuana’s legalization in next year’s state election. An initiative petition, seeking to clamp down on the state’s cannabis legislation, landed in the attorney general's office last week.
Nineteen groups filed 47 initiative petitions for new proposed laws or constitutional amendments, according to the AG, but “An Act to Restore A Sensible Marijuana Policy” is what appears to be catching citizens’ attention.
“I just don’t believe that that’s a right people should be neglected,” one Belmont resident told WBZ NewsRadio.
The proposal aims to criminalize the possession of more than two ounces of marijuana, repeal laws that regulate recreational marijuana use and people’s right to grow it at home.
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Caroline Cunningham filed two versions of the initiative – both backed by over a dozen signatures. Still, more than half of voters in the 2016 state election voted in favor of marijuana’s legalization, regulation and taxation.
Bostonians, like Jane, are opposed to amending the current law.
“Keep it, it's working,” she said. “It's given taxes to the state, so I wouldn't repeal it.”
Massachusetts hit a new record last year in cannabis sales after generating $1.64 billion, according to the state’s Cannabis Control Commission.
Sarah, who is a Needham resident, said she does not see anything wrong with the state's current legislation.
“I’m totally fine with the laws as they stand today,” she said.
WBZ NewsRadio’s James Rojas (@JamesRojasMMJ) reports.