US News It’s official: Marijuana legal at midnight in Massachusetts

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It was 1911. The New England Watch and Ward Society (née the New England Society for the Suppression of Vice) was battling against drugs and other “special evils.” And in April of that year, the group’s leaders successfully petitioned the Massachusetts Legislature to outlaw possession of several “hypnotic drugs,” including cannabis.

One hundred five years, seven months and 16 days later — Thursday — marijuana becomes legal again in Massachusetts.

a ballot question that approved marijuana for recreational use.

The initiative passed last month with 1.8 million people voting for the measure, despite the opposition of top politicians, the Catholic Church, doctors and business groups, and an array of other civic leaders. About 1.5 million people voted against it.

Read more here. (Boston Globe)

Starting midnight, my state gets recreational marijuana.
 

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