Monday, November 5, 2012
Find out what a yes or no vote on Question 3 will mean.
On Nov. 6, Wayland voters will join Massachusetts voters in being asked to vote on three questions along with the state and federal political races. Question 3 is regarding the legalization of medical marijuana. "This proposed law would eliminate state criminal and civil penalties for the medical use of marijuana by qualifying patients. To qualify, a patient must have been diagnosed with a debilitating medical condition," the Massachusetts Secretary of State's website says. According to the website a "yes" vote would allow for patients to smoke marijuana if it is recommended by a doctor. A "no" vote would make no change to the current law and keep the practice illegal. This Patch article offers a brief synopsis of Ballot Question 3. All …
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
On Monday, the Board of Health joined WaylandCares in taking an official position against the medical marijuana initiative.
As the Nov. 6 election looms, voters are considering not only who they want to lead the government, but also how they will vote on several ballot questions. In particular, Ballot Question 3, "Medical Use of Marijuana," has created plenty of discussion and, in Wayland, that discussion has reached into some of the town's departments and organizations. The Committee for Compassionate Medicine argues in favor of the question, saying it will ease suffering for patients with a variety of diseases, while the group Vote No on Question 3 argues the loopholes in the law are too big too ignore. In Wayland, several groups have placed their support behind the opposition. On Monday, WaylandCares director Heidi Heilman spoke at the Board of Health's …
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Voters will decide the issue themselves in November with Ballot Question 3.
The below is a press release from Walden Forum. The Massachusetts Medical Marijuana initiative, also known as Question 3, will go to ballot vote on Nov. 6, 2012. The measure would legalize marijuana for medicinal purposes. It has become a passionate and heated debate for Massachusetts’ citizens and the Walden Forum is bringing it front and center to Wayland. When: Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012, at 7:30 p.m. Where: Wayland High School auditorium Who: Kevin Sabet, Ph.D. has a doctorate in public policy analysis from Oxford University with emphasis on drug policy, prevention, enforcement and legalization. A resident of Cambridge, he is the president of the Policy Solutions Lab and also directs the Drug Policy Institute at the University of Florida…
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1:23 am on Sunday, October 28, 2012
Hey Thomas Purdy, a couple of quick questions for you: 1) Do you have any clue why marijuana was outlawed in the first place? Did the ideas make any sense at all? See http://druglibrary.org/schaffer/History/whiteb1.htm 2) Can you name any significant study of the drug laws in the last 100 years that agrees with you? See Major Studies of Drugs and Drug Policy at http://druglibrary.org/schaffer more ›