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This week, GBH News is marking 10 years since Massachusetts voters approved a ballot measure legalizing recreational marijuana.
The anniversary comes as voters overwhelmingly rejected a new ballot measure that would have repealed legalized cannabis in last week's election.
We'll look at the 2016 measure and where proponents and opponents stand today. We'll also have stories on the trajectory of the state's social equity program, meant to prioritize aspiring cannabis business owners from communities most impacted by the war on drugs; the fate of the underground marijuana market in light of legalization; and the impact that legalized weed has had on residents' mental health.
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10 years later: How Mass. went from marijuana battleground to fertile weed country
It's been a decade since Massachusetts voters first legalized recreational cannabis. In last week's election, they made it overwhelmingly clear that legal weed is here to stay.
The anniversary comes as voters overwhelmingly rejected a new ballot measure that would have repealed legalized cannabis in last week's election.
We'll look at the 2016 measure and where proponents and opponents stand today. We'll also have stories on the trajectory of the state's social equity program, meant to prioritize aspiring cannabis business owners from communities most impacted by the war on drugs; the fate of the underground marijuana market in light of legalization; and the impact that legalized weed has had on residents' mental health.
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10 years later: How Mass. went from marijuana battleground to fertile weed country
It's been a decade since Massachusetts voters first legalized recreational cannabis. In last week's election, they made it overwhelmingly clear that legal weed is here to stay.
