By next year Massachusetts will likely be the 18th state to approve medical marijuana. Currently there is an initiative to legalize medical marijuana on the November ballot and a new Suffolk University poll confirms it is overwhelmingly supported by likely voters. From Suffolk University: Q29. Question #3 is the Medical Use of Marijuana Proposed Law. [...]

With just 53 days until the November election most state ballots across the country are now set and it is clear that this year should be a historic one for marijuana reform. In addition to there being two state initiative for medical marijuana this November, incredibly three states will be voting on whether or not [...]

All indications are by next year medical marijuana will finally be legal in Massachusetts. An initiative, Question 3, that would legalize marijuana for medical use has already made the November ballot, and now new polling shows the initiative holds a huge lead. According to a new PPP poll of Massachusetts, it is winning by nearly [...]

An initiative that would allow medical marijuana will very likely be on the November ballot in North Dakota. Just days before the filing deadline North Dakotans for Compassionate Care turned in just over 20,000 signatures to qualify their measure, almost twice the minimum required. North Dakota’s election law requires an initiative to have only 13,452 [...]

I find this article in the Boston Herald a very interesting reflection of how quickly the politics of marijuana have changed in just the past few years. The back story is that in 2008 Question 2, a ballot initiative to decriminalize marijuana possession, made it on the ballot in Massachusetts. The measure was actively opposed [...]