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Massachusetts is suddenly at the center of a fight the coastal elites hoped was settled years ago, as a citizen-backed campaign moves to roll back the state’s commercial marijuana regime and put a repeal on the ballot. The Attorney General recently certified a petition that would effectively dismantle the licensed adult-use cannabis market — a welcome sign that voters may finally get to decide whether lining corporate pockets is worth the cost to public safety.
The measure, titled “An Act to Restore A Sensible Marijuana Policy,” does not criminalize simple personal possession under an ounce but would strip away the retail apparatus that turned pot into a $1.6 billion industry in Massachusetts. Supporters are clear the goal is to eliminate commercial dispensaries while leaving modest, non-commercial possession intact, and one version even seeks to cap potency for medical products — commonsense limits conservatives have been arguing for.
This fight is moving fast: petitioners must collect tens of thousands of verified signatures to qualify for the 2026 ballot, and if the legislature refuses to act the campaign will keep pushing until the people are allowed to vote. The signature drive and legal timeline matter because they hand power back to voters, not backroom executives or regulators who have been more interested in expanding markets than protecting kids.
Conservative commentators and public-health advocates have been warning about the industry’s normalization tactics for years, a point Alex Berenson pressed on Fox & Friends when he highlighted how CBD hype blurs the line between benign hemp products and high-potency THC that is making teenagers sicker. The media and Big Cannabis sold a fairy tale that pot is harmless recreational fun, and now the data and emergency-room stories are exposing that lie.
Hospitals and pediatricians in Massachusetts and across the country are sounding the alarm about children and teens exposed to potent edibles and concentrates, with reports of seizures, respiratory failure, and psychiatric emergencies tied to high-THC products. This isn’t moralizing — it’s a public-health crisis that followed the commercialization and glamorization of a drug that was once taboo for good reasons.
Of course, the industry will fight back with the same old playbook: lobbyists, glossy ads, and paid signature gatherers. Already there are troubling reports that some canvassers have misled voters about what they were signing, which is exactly the kind of shady, out-of-state operation we’ve come to expect when big money is threatened by accountability.
Patriots who care about family, law and order, and common-sense public health policy should take notice and get involved. This is a chance to put an end to a reckless experiment pushed by corporations and political cronies and to restore a sensible approach that keeps dangerous, high-potency products off the streets and out of kids’ hands. The people of Massachusetts — and the rest of the country watching closely — deserve leaders who will defend families over profit.
