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The Globe Is Wrong On Question 2!!!

Chris Faraone
ThePhoenix.com

If it seems like I was just yesterday commending The Boston Globe for its coverage of ballot Question 2 concerning marijuana decriminalization; it’s because I was. Indeed, this past Monday reporter David Abel penned a news piece that evidenced how ill-reasoned the Massachusetts District Attorneys Association (MDAA) is in its crusade against the Committee for Sensible Marijuana Policy (CSMP).

But it turns out that what we’ve always known is absolutely true: Globe editors don’t necessarily read their own content. If they did, then they would endorse Question 2, which, if passed, will lower the penalty for less than one ounce of weed to a $100 civil fine.

October 21, 2008
Submitted by CSMP Staff on Tue, 10/21/2008 - 23:08

Vote Yes on Question 2

Editorial staff
Bay State Banner

Possession of even a small amount of marijuana is a crime, but that doesn’t discourage many Massachusetts citizens from pocketing a little toke for later. The consequences of being apprehended and convicted of an illegal drug offense are unreasonably severe.

Question 2 on the Nov. 4 ballot will provide some relief if approved.

October 9, 2008
Submitted by CSMP Staff on Tue, 10/21/2008 - 16:50

Editorial: Vote 'Yes' on Question 2

Editorial staff
Milford Daily News

Possession of even the smallest amount of marijuana is illegal in all 50 states, and has been since 1938. That hasn't stopped Americans from using the drug. Estimates gauge the number of adults that have smoked marijuana as high as 100 million. A federal study a few years back concluded that 12 percent of Boston area residents had used marijuana in the past month.

October 21, 2008
Submitted by CSMP Staff on Tue, 10/21/2008 - 13:05

A look at the ballot questions

Deborah Knight Snyder
Norton Mirror and Taunton Daily Gazette

Mansfield -

If the crucial 2008 presidential election wasn’t reason enough to get out and vote, Massachusetts residents also have three compelling ballot questions, all of which, in their own way, are important to the state’s future.

October 20, 2008
Submitted by CSMP Staff on Mon, 10/20/2008 - 19:00

Anti-pot D.A.s have puffed themselves

BOSTON, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- Decriminalizing small amounts of marijuana is a dangerous idea, say Massachusetts prosecutors who admit to trying pot themselves.

Suffolk District Attorney Daniel Conley, Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone and Cape and Islands District Attorney Michael O'Keefe, who are leading the charge against a state ballot initiative to keep small pot possession charges off criminal records, all say they smoked marijuana when younger, The Boston Globe reported Monday.

October 20, 2008
Submitted by CSMP Staff on Mon, 10/20/2008 - 17:25