A Look At The Money For And Against Legalized Marijuana In Mass.
As Massachusetts voters get set to decide if recreational marijuana should be legalized, millions of dollars have been flowing into the state seeking to sway the result.
And as Nov. 8 approaches, look for the commercial airwaves, and your social media feed, to contain more and more advertisements for and against Question 4.
For the last two years, proponents of Question 4 have been amassing nearly $4 million advocating for legalization. Last month, more than 80 percent of expenditures went straight into television ads.
Campaign finance records show that most of the money for the Yes on 4 effort has come from the Washington, D.C.-based New Approach political action committee. As of early this month, New Approach had contributed just under $3 million.
Graham Boyd, the director and co-founder of New Approach, says the money is coming from grassroots fundraising — not, as opponents have charged, from the marijuana industry.
"The philanthropists who...
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