Multiple Campaigns to Legalize Marijuana in Massachusetts Underway

Multiple Marijuana Legalization Initiatives to be Filed with Attorney General Today

BOSTON, MA — At least two groups hoping to legalize marijuana in Massachusetts in 2016 will formally file the language of their proposed ballot initiatives with state Attorney General Maura Healey today.

At least four proposals are expected to be filed by activists today, all hoping to be placed before voters in November 2016.  Local grassroots organization Bay State Repeal (BSR) intends on filing three different proposals, while the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol (CRMLA), backed by the Washington, DC – based Marijuana Policy Project, intends to file one.

While all of the proposals to be filed today are expected to propose legalizing marijuana for adults 21 and older, and…