Massachusetts Question 8: How the Repeal Campaign Misuses Teen Cannabis Data
This column originally appeared in Cultivated, a cannabis industry newsletter. Subscribe here. You know the old saying: There are lies, damned lies, and statistics. That’s how Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM), the anti-cannabis group pushing the campaign to repeal recreational cannabis sales in Massachusetts, operates. Take a kernel of truth, strip it of all context, […]
Massachusetts Marijuana Repeal: What Question 8 Would Do
On November 3, the state that opened New England’s first legal cannabis market decides whether to close it. What Question 8 does, who paid to put it there, and why almost nobody moved to stop it. $9.88B adult-use sales since 2018 388 active retailers, July 2025 14,524 unique registered agents, FY2025 $1.55M raised by the […]