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Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker and Boston Mayor Martin Walsh joined a bipartisan committee to prevent the legalization of recreational marijuana. GRAPHIC BY RACHEL CHMIELINSKI/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Gov. Charlie Baker and Mayor Martin Walsh oppose legalization of marijuana

Meagan Schwarz April 19, 2016

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker and Boston Mayor Martin Walsh joined a bipartisan committee Thursday opposing the commercial legalization of marijuana in the commonwealth, according to a Thursday...

Six medical marijuana dispensaries are now open in Massachusetts, including the New England Treatment Access in Brookline, which opened Feb. 6. PHOTO BY KRISHNA SHARMA/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Massachusetts’ sixth medical marijuana dispensary opens

Meagan Schwarz February 19, 2016

Massachusetts’ sixth medical marijuana dispensary opened in Lowell Tuesday, according to the Patriot Care medical marijuana dispensary website. Patriot Care has dispensaries scheduled to open in...

Two marijuana legalization advocacy groups filed petition signatures to support the legalization of marijuana in Massachusetts being on the 2016 ballot. PHOTO COURTESY PIXABAY

Marijuana legalization groups push forward with ballot questions for 2016 election

Abigail Freeman November 23, 2015

Groups seeking to legalize the recreational use of marijuana in Massachusetts filed petition signatures Wednesday to place certified questions on the upcoming 2016 election ballot. The Campaign to Regulate...

In an attempt to advance the next round of ballot question certification, marijuana advocacy groups such as Bay State Repeal and the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana like Alcohol kicked off signature drives on Sept. 22. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY SARAH SILBIGER/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Policy groups gather signatures to legalize marijuana use

Maisie Guzi October 1, 2015

In an effort to legalize marijuana use for Massachusetts residents over the age of 21, the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol and Bay State Repeal, organizations, which both started signature...

Bay State Repeal announced Friday that it filed the first ballot initiative to allow the lawful sale, possession and use of recreational marijuana in Massachusetts. PHOTO BY PRENSA/FLICKR

Advocacy group submits draft petition legalizing marijuana sales

Chris Fergus April 23, 2015

Bay State Repeal, a local advocacy group working for the repeal of cannabis prohibition in Massachusetts, filed the first draft of a 2016 ballot initiative petition legalizing the sale of marijuana to...

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