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On November 4, 2008, Massachusetts voters will have the chance to pass a ballot initiative decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of marijuana — removing the threat of jail time for possessing an ounce or less of marijuana for personal use. This initiative would save the commonwealth millions of dollars in law enforcement resources each year.
Last November, after two months of petitioning, CSMP turned in more than 100,000 signatures to qualify the initiative for the November 2008 ballot. State law required that the petition then be submitted to the legislature for debate between January 2 and May 6. On May 7, CSMP began the second stage of the signature drive, which requires another 11,099 valid signatures by June 18. In order to ensure a place on the ballot, we must collect an additional raw 20,000 signatures -- at a cost of approximately $65,000.
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