The following organizations and individuals have publicly endorsed the passage of Question 2:

Organizations

• National Association of Social Workers -- Massachusetts Chapter
• Greater Boston Civil Rights Coalition
• Criminal Justice Policy Coalition
• Union of Minority Neighborhoods
• The Boston Worker’s Alliance
• American Civil Liberties Union — National
• American Civil Liberties Union — Massachusetts chapter
• National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws
• Massachusetts Cannabis Reform Coalition, Inc.

Religious Leaders

• Rev. Jean Alexander, Auburndale
• Rabbi Alan Alpert, Leominster
• Rev. Molly Baskette, Somerville
• Father Richard Beaulieu, Winchester
• Rev. Jim Bronwell, Barre
• Rev. Suzanne Brunnquell, Pittsfield
• Rev. Sarah Buteux, Amherst
• Rev. Dr. Jan Carlsson-Bull, Cohasset
• Rev. Thomas Carlton, Ludlow
• Rev. Stephen Cook
• Father Richard Crowley, Middleboro
• Rev. C. Edward Deyton, Andover
• Father Thomas Dilorenzo, Winthrop
• Rev. Jonathan Drury, Andover
• Rev. Leigh Dry, Hopkinton
• Rev. Kathrene Duhon, Great Barrington
• Rev. Lisa Durkee Abbott, West Brookfield
• Rev. Dr. Dorothy May Emerson, Billerica
• Rev. Marc Fredette, Waltham
• Rev. Tamarack Garlow, Ashley Falls
• Rev. John Gibbons, Bedford
• Rev. Jamie Green, West Groton
• Rev. Edward Hardy, Abington
• Rev. William Hobbs, Athol
• Rev. Dr. Anne Ierardi, Yarmouthport
• Ms. Marion Jansen, Great Barrington
• Rev. David Johnson, Plymouth
• Rev. Bill Leggett, Milford
• Father John Lis, Williamsburg
• Rev. Jeffrey Long-Middleton, Acton
• Rev. Ian Lynch, Brimfield
• Rev. Art McDonald, Essex
• Rabbi Richard Messing, North Easton
• Rev. Stephen Philbrick, Cummington
• Rev. Susie Phoenix, Lee
• Rev. Katherine Reis, Rockport
• Rev. Edmund Robinson, Chatham
• Rev. Ken Sawyer, Wayland
• Rev. Dr. Victor Scalise, Somerville
• Rev. Warren Scamman, Windsor
• Rev. Richard Schlak, Foxboro
• Rev. Stephen Shick, Hudson
• Rev. Judith Smith-Valley, Brewster
• Rev. Paul Sprecher, Hingham
• Rev. C. William Steelman, Nantucket
• Rev. Rachel Tedesco, Taunton
• Rev. Jonathan Tetherly, Chicopee
• Rev. Patricia Tummino, Middleboro
• Rabbi Andrew Vogel, Brookline
• Rev. Vicki Woods, Worcester
• Rev. Dr. Judith Wright, Boylston

Individuals (Affiliations are listed for identification purposes only.)

• Thomas R. Kiley, Esq., Massachusetts' former first assistant attorney general
• Sergeant Howard Donohue, a 33-year veteran of the Boston Police Department
• Lieutenant Thomas Nolan, a 30-year veteran of the Boston Police Department who now teaches criminology at Boston University
• Dr. Robert Meenan, dean of the Boston University School of Public Health
• Lester Grinspoon, M.D., associate professor emeritus of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School
• John H. Halpern, M.D., assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School
• Massachusetts state Sen. Patricia Jehlen (D-Second Middlesex), chair of the Joint Committee on Elder Affairs and Vice-Chair of the Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight
• Massachusetts state Rep. Frank Smizik (D-Fifteenth Norfolk), chair of the Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture
• Roseanne Barr, Emmy Award-winning actor, comedian, and writer
• Ray Benson, Grammy Award-winning musician with the band Asleep at the Wheel
• Lewis Black, comedian
• Steve Buscemi, actor and director
• Noam Chomsky, Professor Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and noted American philosopher and linguist
• Jackie "The Joke Man" Martling, comedian and writer
• Michelle Phillips, singer, songwriter, and actress
• Carly Simon, Oscar and Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, actress, and resident of Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts;
• Doug Stanhope, actor, comedian, and Worcester, Massachusetts native
• Rick Steves, author, radio personality, and television host
• Ronald Ansin, The Ansin Foundation
• Charles H. Baron, Esq., Boston College School of Law
• Jack Cole, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition
• Michael D. Cutler, Esq.
• Richard Elliott Doblin, PhD, MAPS
• Wendy Kaminer, Esq., ACLU, author, journalist
• Woody Kaplan, ACLU, philanthropist
• Karen Klein, Brandeis University, Unitarian Universalists for Drug Policy Reform
• Lanny Kutakoff, Partakers, Inc.
• Carl Valvo, Esq., Cosgrove, Eisenberg & Kiley
• Ernest “Tony” Windsor, Esq., Massachusetts Law Reform Institute

Editorial endorsements

• Springfield Republican
• The Daily Free Press
• Milford Daily News
• Metrowest Daily News
• Danvers Herald
  
• Daily News Tribune
  
• Bay State Banner
• Harvard Crimson
• Brookline TAB
• Newton TAB
• Fall River Herald News
• MIT Tech