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US: Massachusetts could become the first state to reverse marijuana legalization when it votes in November

Joe Sommerlad

The Independent

Friday 26 Jun 2026

Activists claim to have collected enough petition signatures to secure a question on ballot papers, which could potentially see the Bay State repeal the approval it gave in 2016

Massachusetts could become the first state to repeal its law allowing the sale of recreational marijuana after activists claimed to have secured enough petition signatures to force a referendum.

Should the anti-cannabis movement succeed in getting the issue onto November’s midterm election ballot papers, the state could become the first to overturn legalization of the drug, which it voted in to allow in 2016.

Its potential return to prohibition is not the only question competing for spots on Massachusetts ballots, however, with the state also contemplating including one on repealing a 2024 gun law and one on ending party primaries, according to The Boston Globe.

Massachusetts will officially certify its ballot questions in July.

Wendy Wakeman, a Republican strategist and spokesperson for the Coalition for a Healthy Massachusetts, the group behind the push to end marijuana sales, has said she is “cautiously optimistic” that the referendum will come to pass.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/massachusetts-reverse-marijuana-laws-b3004237.html

 

 

 

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