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Two Boston city councilors are throwing their support behind a November ballot question to legalize recreational marijuana in Massachusetts.

The highest court in Massachusetts is rewriting the wording of a ballot question that seeks to legalize recreational marijuana, announcing the change in a ruling issued Wednesday morning.

The highest court in Massachusetts is rewriting the wording of a ballot question that seeks to legalize recreational marijuana, announcing the change in a ruling issued Wednesday morning.

The campaign to legalize marijuana in Massachusetts has already gained more than half of the required signatures to put a question on the November ballot.

Massachusetts voters are split on whether their state should follow suit of states like Colorado, Washington, and Alaska — and legalize recreational marijuana.

In a new statewide survey of almost 500 registered Massachusetts voters, a majority would support a ballot question to legalize marijuana.

By every metric available, public opinion appears to favor legalization, and by wider margins with each passing year.

By every metric available, public opinion appears to favor legalization, and by wider margins with each passing year.

Marijuana sales could surpass $1 billion in the state of Massachusetts by the year 2020 — if the state chooses to legalize weed for recreational purposes in the fall, that is.

Marijuana sales could surpass $1 billion in the state of Massachusetts by the year 2020 — if the state chooses to legalize weed for recreational purposes in the fall, that is.

The lawmakers will take the lessons learned there and issue a report with recommendations to the senate president next month.

The lawmakers will take the lessons learned there and issue a report with recommendations to the senate president next month.

Voters in Colorado passed a referendum four years ago to make buying and selling marijuana legal, and Massachusetts voters are expected to do the same thing.

Voters in Colorado passed a referendum four years ago to make buying and selling marijuana legal, and Massachusetts voters are expected to do the same thing.

Massachusetts voters are expected to spark up a new legalized recreational marijuana industry this year, and state lawmakers are preparing for a regulation process that could be anything but mellow.

Massachusetts voters are expected to spark up a new legalized recreational marijuana industry this year, and state lawmakers are preparing for a regulation process that could be anything but mellow.

BOSTON — Proponents of legalizing recreational marijuana in Massachusetts said they submitted more than enough signatures Tuesday to the secretary of state's office to keep alive their hopes of putting the proposal before voters next year.

Kay Lazar ~ The Boston Globe ~

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