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According to the Marijuana Policy Project, Massachusetts could consider completely decriminalizing cannabis in 2016. Bill H.1561, which Rep. Dave Rogers and Sen. Patricia Jehlen co-introduced in March, would reorganize the laws in Massachusetts to regulate marijuana more like alcohol. But for the time being, Massachusetts has only decriminalized cannabis for medicinal purposes.
Despite the laws in place, a majority of Massachusetts' voters favor the legalization of marijuana, according to a February 2014 joint poll by Suffolk University and the Boston Herald: 53% of Massachusetts voters expressed support for legalizing cannabis and 37% opposed the proposition.
Yet in Massachusetts, marijuana laws could change drastically according to estimates from 24/7 Wall Street, a financial trade publication. Based on the comparable evolution of cannabis laws in Alaska, Colorado, Oregon and Washington state, where recreational marijuana is legal, 24/7 Wall Street estimates as many as 11 states (including Massachusetts) could completely legalize cannabis...
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