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US MA: PUB LTE: Question 2 Backer Looks Forward To Next Steps

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URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v08/n1033/a01.html
Newshawk: Epeggs
Pubdate: Sat, 15 Nov 2008
Source: Lowell Sun (MA)
Copyright: 2008 MediaNews Group, Inc.
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Website: http://www.lowellsun.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/852
Author: Michael Maloney

QUESTION 2 BACKER LOOKS FORWARD TO NEXT STEPS

I am a 13-year member of the Massachusetts Cannabis Reform Coalition/NORML.  Question 2 came about because we built a "house" with 19 years of toil, and the Committee for Sensible Marijuana Policy/ Marijuana Policy Project sold it.  A sincere thank you to the voters who approved.  As free people, we are not thrilled with paying a fine, but we will defend this bill from Beacon Hill tampering.  This is both a momentous occasion, and a baby step.  The children are protected, now the adults will have our day.  We are not criminals, and we are sick of being told that we are.  Please refer to the First and 10th Amendments.  Step two will be a medical bill, and beyond, someday, a national Amsterdam-style distribution and tax system.

The gateway theory? Please! This is, in fact, a smokescreen for law-enforcement job security.

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MAP posted-by: Larry Seguin

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