Chris Ott
Mass Rights Blog
The ACLU of Massachusetts urges a YES vote on Question 2 on the November 4 ballot.
By approving this sensible proposal, we can administer a healthy dose of reform to our state’s ailing and antiquated drug laws.
Doug Nevins
The Justice
With the election only days away, most coverage focuses on the two presidential candidates, a contest seen by many as an epic face off of cosmic proportions. However, ballots around the country will be filled with other important questions, and voters will make decisions that will arguably affect them more directly than the outcome of the presidential race.
Tom Kiley
Cape Cod Times
As a former first assistant attorney general, a lifelong resident of Massachusetts, a father of three and both drafter and original signatory to Question 2, I've dedicated my professional life to creating a safer and more just commonwealth. And by ending the creation of permanent arrest records for minor marijuana offenders, dealing with juvenile marijuana use in a stricter yet more responsible way and saving taxpayers an estimated $30 million a year, that's exactly what Question 2 will do.
Adrian Walker
Boston Globe
Little did I know how fond we in Massachusetts are of our marijuana. However, I have been educated in recent weeks.
My learning came in the form of the scathing reader response to a column I wrote in opposition to Question 2, the ballot question that would decriminalize possession of up to one ounce of marijuana. In response, I have been called everything from a moron to "an obvious Bush supporter." (Bush has a position on Question 2?)
Andrew Metcalf
Boston Globe
THE BOSTON Globe has missed the view of much of its readership and misunderstood the argument of the ballot question in its Oct. 21 editorial "No on Question 2."
The goal is to decriminalize an ounce of marijuana to prevent unnecessary police work and stop injustice to law-abiding Massachusetts residents
