Boston Herald: Editorial: The fine print on marijuana
Monday, April 20, 2015 (Patriots Day Celebrated) By: Boston Herald editorial staff Speaking of complicated ballot questions (see above) we now have our first look at the effort to legalize the sale and...
View ArticleNECN: What Hurdles Are Left for Legalized Marijuana?
Steven Epstein of Bay State Repeal, which penned a draft of a ballot question to legalize marijuana for recreational use in Massachusetts, and psychiatrist Kevin Hill, the author of “Marijuana: The...
View ArticleState House News Service via WWLP 22 News: Lewis: “Devil’s in the details” of...
By Gintautas Dumcius Published: April 21, 2015, 7:10 pm STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, APRIL 21, 2015…..The state senator tasked with researching the legalization of marijuana is still reviewing the draft of...
View ArticleBoston Herald Letter to the Editor: Pot would be taxed
No one expects the Herald to endorse the repeal of marijuana prohibition and its replacement with a legal framework in which adults may responsibly cultivate the plant and engage in commercial...
View ArticleDraft initiative legalizing marijuana praised for how it proposes keeping...
Release: April 24, 2015 Draft initiative legalizing marijuana praised for how it proposes keeping marijuana out of the hands of children Reading, MA – Following the filing for informal review of a...
View ArticleThe Benjamin Dixon Show: Bay State Repeal – Drug War – Baltimore
http://www.spreaker.com/user/thebenjamindixonshow/bay-state-repeal-drug-war-baltimore
View ArticleSHNS: Rosenberg suggesting non-binding marijuana question for 2016
June 1, 2016 By Gintautas Dumcius State House News Service BOSTON — Senate President Stanley Rosenberg said Monday he has floated to the governor and the House speaker the idea of a 2016 non-binding...
View ArticleAP: Senate President Weighs Nonbinding 2016 Marijuana Question
Steve LeBlanc, Associated Press June 1, 2015 8:14 PM BOSTON (AP) — State Senate President Stan Rosenberg says lawmakers should consider putting a nonbinding question on the 2016 ballot asking voters if...
View ArticleRosenberg Blind To Bay State Repeal’s Open Process For Drafting Initiative...
For release: June 4, 2015 For more information contact: Steven S. Epstein, 978-758-6231 Terry Franklin 413-549-5627 Andy Gaus 617-331-3285 Bill Downing, 617-834-8746 Rosenberg Blind To Bay State...
View ArticlePro-Marijuana group tweaks Rosenberg on potential ballot question
Pro-Marijuana group tweaks Rosenberg on potential ballot question By Gintautas Dumcius State House News Service 06/04/2015 BOSTON >> One of the groups seeking to legalize marijuana in...
View ArticleMetroWest Daily News: Epstein: Joining the conversation on legalization
Sun, 28 June 2015 Metrowest Daily News (MA) 2015 MetroWest Daily News Website: http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/article/20150628/OPINION/150626901 Epstein: Joining the conversation on legalization The...
View ArticleSecond Draft: Initiative Petition for a Law ending marihuana prohibition for...
©Copyright 2015, Bay State Repeal and Steven S. Epstein, All rights reserved. Initiative Petition for a Law ending marihuana prohibition for persons 21 years of age or older BE IT ENACTED by the...
View ArticleBay State Repeal issues second draft of its “Marijuana Regulation and...
For release: June 29, 2015 For more information contact: Steven S. Epstein, 978-758-6231 Terry Franklin 413-549-5627 Andy Gaus 617-331-3285 Bay State Repeal issues second draft of its “Marijuana...
View ArticleCape Cod Times: Ballot bid tweaked to amend dispensary pot sales
Pubdate: Thur, 02 June 2015 Source: Cape Cod Times (MA) Copyright: 2015 Cape Cod Times Website: http://www.capecodonline.com/cctimes/ Author: Christine Legere MARIJUANA Ballot bid tweaked to amend...
View ArticleStudy: Changes in State Marijuana Laws not Associated with Greater Acceptance...
By Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director July 13, 2015 AUSTIN, TX — The use of marijuana by younger adolescents is falling while their perceived disapproval of cannabis use is rising, according to data...
View ArticleMassachusetts Group Submits Initiative to Legalize and Tax Marijuana
By Jennifer DePaul A Massachusetts group on June 29 submitted to state officials a second draft of an initiative to legalize, regulate, and tax the recreational use of marijuana that they hope will...
View ArticleRead the 3 proposed laws submitted to Attorney General
Below are the text of the three proposed laws we filed on August 5, 2015. BSR Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act Version A BSR Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act Version B BSR Marijuana...
View ArticleNews stories about the formal start of the initiative process
The links below are a sampling of the media attention paid the formal start of the initiative process. NEPR: Two Different Views Of Marijuana, One Massachusetts Ballot by: Casey Gilman AUGUST 6, 2015...
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SCIENTISTS SPEAK OUT AGAINST FALSE CANNABIS CLAIMS
Leading international scientific body reviews thirteen oft-repeated claims on cannabis use and regulation, finds that none are strongly supported by scientific evidence Supplementary Materials:...
View ArticlePatriot Care in Boston, Milk Street celebrating “they said it wouldn’t happen.”
The Young Jerks with Mike Crawford/Mike Cann & Ellen Brown with guests, Steven S. Epstein of Bay State Repeal and Nichole Snow of Mass Patients....
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