A Massachusetts campaign working to keep recreational marijuana dispensaries open by defeating an initiative on the November ballot that would roll back the state’s legalization law has launched two new ads.
One spot rolled out on Tuesday by the No on 8: Stop the Repeal Campaign features Alan Balsam, a former commissioner of public health for the city of Brookline.
“Not long ago, people in Massachusetts could only buy marijuana illegally. Question eight would take us back to those days,” he said in the ad. “It bans the safe, legal sale of marijuana.”
“As a public health expert, I’m voting no on 8 because it will have unintended consequences,” Balsam said. “It creates real risk, forcing people to buy products that aren’t regulated, tested or labeled. There’d be no way to know potency or if products were laced with fentanyl, pesticide residues or mold.
“I’m voting no on 8 to keep people safe.”
The campaign’s second new ad features a number of rotating speakers delivering a unified script, including a doctor, a military veteran and a business owner.
“Voting no on 8 stops the ban on legal marijuana sales and keeps Massachusetts from going backwards to unregulated marijuana
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