Question 8 Ran Ahead of the Republican Ticket in Boston, Chelsea, Lynn and Springfield
In Randolph, 30.5 percent voted yes on repeal while 19.4 percent voted for the GOP nominee for governor. Healey towns and Minogue towns voted nearly alike.
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MarijuanaQuestion 8 Ad: Marijuana Smoke Is “Impossible to Escape”
The Yes on 8 campaign's closing spot moves from smoke at the bus stop to THC behind the wheel.
MarijuanaMedical Associations Call for Action Against Kratom and Its Derivatives
Amid growing recognition of the harms of kratom and its derivatives, the nation’s leading medical associations have begun calling for…
Marijuana“This isn’t the plant that voters legalized a decade ago,” Mother’s Question 8 Ad Targets High-Potency Marijuana
In the newest Yes on 8 spot, Paula Santos-Young warns that today's 90 percent concentrates are not the plant Massachusetts voters legalized.
MarijuanaQuestion 8 Ad Puts Road Safety on the Ballot
The Coalition for a Healthy Massachusetts makes its road-safety case for ending commercial pot sales in a single tight spot.
Hemp THCSandy Hook Denier Alex Jones Now Backing Legal Marijuana
The conspiracy theorist who called Sandy Hook a hoax joins Big Tobacco, Big Pharma and a former OxyContin executive on the pro-weed side.
MarijuanaFriday Fact: Heart Failure Hospitalizations Rose 3.7% Faster Each Year After Legal Marijuana Sales Began
A recent study in BMJ Open, based on more than 50 million hospital records from 2012 to 2018, compared the…
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