Vote No on Question 8
Protect What's OUrs
We’re proud of what this industry has built together in Massachusetts. We believe voters deserve to understand what’s at stake for local businesses, employees, consumers, and communities before they make their decision.
Question 8 directly attacks the cannabis industry and your right of choice as we know it. The people, product safety, the tax revenue, and probably most importantly YOUR choice to consume.
What Is Question 8?
Question 8 would repeal laws that allow the sale, use, and possession of marijuana for recreational use. It would repeal laws allowing for the regulation of recreational marijuana, the state marijuana tax, and the potential for local option marijuana taxes. It would also repeal laws that permit the cultivation of marijuana in a personal residence.[1]
Under Question 8, the possession of up to one ounce of marijuana for people aged 21 and older would not result in any civil or criminal penalties. However, an individual could be subject to civil or criminal penalties if more than five grams of marijuana is in the form of marijuana concentrate. Question 8 would establish civil penalties for the possession of between one and two ounces of marijuana for people aged 21 and older, and of up to two ounces of marijuana for people aged under 21.
What's At Stake?
700 Dispensaries
700 Dispensaries would have to drastically change how they operate or close altogether.
$2 Billion
In tax revenue that funds Local Services, Substance Addiction Programs, and Public Infrastructure.
20k Jobs at Risk
20,000 Jobs would be at risk with a repeal.
