Just 20% of respondents in the recent poll expressed support for the prohibitionist measure
The brief below comes from NORML. We’re covering this bogglingly stupid ballot measure too, and be sure to follow our videos as well, but it is also important to see that the rest of the country is watching the looming threat closely. Without further ado …
More than six in ten voters oppose a ballot measure that seeks to repeal the state’s adult-use marijuana legalization laws, according to statewide polling compiled by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center.
Sixty-three percent of respondents, including strong majorities of Democrats (74%) and Independents (69%), oppose the ballot question. Just 20% of respondents expressed support for the measure.
“There’s no ‘buyer’s remorse’ among the public when it comes to legalizing cannabis,” NORML’s Deputy Director Paul Armentano said. “That’s because these policies are largely working as intended and because Massachusetts voters prefer legalization and regulation over the failed policy of marijuana prohibition.”
The initiative, entitled ‘An Act to Restore a Sensible Marijuana Policy,’ will appear on the November ballot. It seeks to repeal state laws permitting adults to home-cultivate marijuana and regulating the adult-use retail cannabis market. Those laws were enacted by voters in 2016.
Multiple media sources have reported that the campaign behind the ballot measure is being funded almost entirely by out-of-state dark money. Prohibitionist interests are funding similar repeal efforts in Arizona (for 2026) and Maine (for 2027).
Additional information on 2026 statewide ballot initiative efforts is available from NORML’s Election Central.
