A coalition of Massachusetts marijuana business leaders, healthcare professionals and other advocates have launched a campaign to defeat an initiative to roll back that state’s cannabis legalization law that is expected to appear on the November ballot.
The Stop the Repeal Campaign held a press conference on Thursday to announce the effort to urge voters to reject the proposal, which would repeal laws allowing the regulated commercial sales of recreational marijuana while maintaining legal possession and continuing the medical cannabis system.
“Repealing recreational cannabis laws in Massachusetts will not only take us backwards—it will negatively impact our communities that are already struggling with budget shortfalls and locally owned small businesses that have invested their life savings into building their legal businesses that create jobs and support local economies,” Ryan Dominguez, chair of the campaign said.
“Since legalization, the cannabis industry has brought in close to $2 billion in state and local revenue, generating hundreds of millions of dollars annually in support of public health, public safety, and many other wide-reaching community investments,” he said. “We look forward to standing alongside our allies as we educate voters on what this ballot initiative actually does and fight back against out-of-state special interest
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