Hard to believe, but in just 12 weeks the hard-earned right to legally consume cannabis recreationally in Massachusetts may be overturned by Question #8 on the November 3rd ballot.

Important to note that this ballot question is NOT the result of efforts by a large group of Massachusetts citizens - it's a nationally funded, out-of-state prohibition operation, with every single dollar contributed to the ballot effort coming from outside Massachusetts.

This is people who don't live here thinking they should decide what our laws should be. People from away trying to use their money to tell us how to live.

Fact is, legalization and normalization here was the result of decades of honest work by innumerable Massachusetts activists. The result is that between 65%-70% of adults here are now in favor of it.

So defeating this ridiculous prohibition proposition should be easy: if everyone votes, it will fail miserably.

The problem with the statement above is that it contains two extremely dangerous words:

"Should" and "if". Those two simple words are how we can lose.

"It should be voted down easily" leads to people thinking they don't need to do anything to help make sure it does.

"If everyone else votes it will fail" leads people to think they don't need to vote themselves.

Please make sure you are registered, and talk to people in your circles about the importance of voting!

PS - NECANN Will be hosting a FREE "Stop the Repeal Party" on Friday, Sept. 11 at Summit Lounge, Worcester. One goal is get local budtenders and front line industry workers to attend and teach best practices for educating customers about Question 8.

We'll have a good spread of free food, and people from TJM & Canna Gems in "coach" T-shirts mingling and offering coaching/messaging one-to-one or to small groups.

We will also have a photo booth and budtender gift bags. This is the first in a series of free events we'll be hosting with Talking Joints Memo in different locations across the state... details to come!.