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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Joe Sommerlad

Massachusetts could become the first state to reverse marijuana legalization when it votes in November

Massachusetts could become the first state to repeal its law allowing the sale of recreational marijuana after activists claimed to have secured enough petition signatures to force a referendum.

Should the anti-cannabis movement succeed in getting the issue onto November’s midterm election ballot papers, the state could become the first to overturn legalization of the drug, which it voted in to allow in 2016.

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