{lit flinsloii Joshua of 119 Lawmakers Urge Reje of Ballot Ques Commercial Marijuana Industry In Massachusetts Campaign for a Sate A new. mume' To joshua.miller@globe corn 4 To Legalize nnuun: Wed' Aug 3, 2015 at 931 AM MASSACHUSETTS 'flh- LA FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Augu51312016 Carey Weiford Jim Conro Bi-Panisan Coalition Of119 Lawmakers 9 Re'eclion of Ballot uestion 4 To Le alize Leaders From Every Region Jain Together To Say Thai Question 4 rs wrong Palh For Therr Communilies aosmu --A pr-partrsan coahiron of 119 iegrsiaiors from every regron ofihe Commonwealth today voiced iherr appasman io paiiot ouestron 4 to legalize ihe commeroai maruuana induslry in Massachusetts, The eiecied 1eaders sard aliawing ihe biilian-doilar marijuana industry rnto Massachusetts io market highiy poient edrpie products, partrcuiariy during an addrciron crisis' rs ihe wrong paih tor the siaie Edibles iike ihrs accouni ior 50% of the sales in Colorado, and ihe Massachusetis hallal ouesiron specthcaiiy authorizes these products and piaoes no poiency inmi on them A siudy reieased iasi week iound ihat the number of chridren aged 0-9 wna suffered from marijuana exposure has increased by 150% in Coiorado srnce ihe siaie 1egairzed cammermai malijuana, including edrpies. The Massachusetts hallal quesiron, was wntten py and tor the Marnuana industry' seis no iimils on ihe number of produoers and seilers' aiiows peapie io growiens ofihousands ofdoliars of maruuana ai iherr homes even over neighbors' ameclians' and has been shown to dramalicaliy increase rmparred in oiher siaies ihat have 1egahzed commercrai marijuana Massachusetts has aiready taken maior steps to address concerns around ihrs issue. Massachusetis has ihe passessmn of maluuana - people are noi being ior marijuana use nor are ihey receiving a record ior such Massachuseiis aisa iegairzed ihe use at marijuana for health purposes The legislators lel'l eiecied 1eaders such as Governor Charlie Bakery Easlan Mayor Marty waish, Speaker Raherl DeLeo' and Attorney General Maura Heaiey who have come out in opposriron io Question 4. The Massachusetts Munimpai Assocrairon also has opposed baliol question after a unanimous voie hy therr poard ofdrrectors. Among the group of health care, public safety, business, and child protection experts who have already come out in opposition to this ballot question include:  Massachusetts Hospital Association, Massachusetts Medical Society, Massachusetts Municipal Association, Conference of Boston Teaching Hospitals, Associated Industries of Massachusetts, Retailers Association of Massachusetts, Association of School Superintendents, Construction Industries of Massachusetts, Action for Boston Community Development, Association for Behavioral Healthcare, National Association of Mental Illness (Massachusetts Chapter), Massachusetts Chiefs of Police, Massachusetts Sheriffs Association and all Massachusetts District Attorneys. Senators D Senator Joseph Boncore 1st Suffolk and Middlesex D Senator Michael Brady 2nd Plymouth & Bristol D Senator Harriette Chandler 1st Worcester R Senator Vinny deMacedo Plymouth and Barnstable D Senator Sal DiDomenico Middlesex and Suffolk D Senator Eileen Donoghue 1st Middlesex R Senator Ryan Fattman Worcester and Norfolk D Senator Jennifer Flanagan Worcester and Middlesex D Senator Anne Gobi Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire, and Middlesex R Senator Donald Humason 2nd Hampden and Hampshire D Senator John Keenan Norfolk and Plymouth D Senator Barbara L'Italien 2nd Essex and Middlesex D Senator Jason Lewis 5th Middlesex D Senator Joan Lovely 2nd Essex D Senator Mike Moore 2nd Worcester R Senator Patrick O'Connor Plymouth and Norfolk D Senator Kathleen O'Connor Ives 1st Essex D Senator Michael Rodrigues 1st Bristol and Plymouth R Senator Richard Ross Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex D Senator Michael Rush Norfolk and Suffolk R Senator Bruce Tarr 1st Essex and Middlesex D Senator Daniel Wolf Cape and Islands   Representatives D Representative James Arciero 2nd Middlesex D Representative Brian Ashe 2nd Hampden D Representative Cory Atkins 14th Middlesex D Representative Bruce Ayers 1st Norfolk R Representative Jay Barrows 1rst Bristol D Representative Jennifer Benson 37th Middlesex R Representative Donnie Berthiaume 5th Worcester D Representative Daniel Cahill 10th Essex D Representative Thomas Calter 12th Plymouth R Representative Kate Campanale 17th Worcester D Representative James Cantwell 4th Plymouth D Representative Gerard Cassidy 9th Plymouth D Representative Tackey Chan 2nd Norfolk D Representative Edward Coppinger 10th Suffolk D Representative Claire Cronin 11th Plymouth D Representative Josh Cutler 6th Plymouth R Representative Angelo D'Emilia 8th Plymouth R Representative Michael Day 31st Middlesex R Representative David Decoste 5th Plymouth D Speaker Robert Deleo 19th Suffolk           Representatives Cont. D Representative Brian Dempsey 3rd Essex D Representative Marcos Devers 16th Essex R Representative Geoff Diehl 7th Plymouth D Representative Diana DiZoglio 14th Essex D Representative Paul Donato 35th Middlesex R Representative Shawn Dooley 9th Norfolk R Representative Peter Durant 6th Worcester D Representative Jim Dwyer 30th Middlesex D Representative Carolyn Dykema 8th Middlesex R Representative Kimberly Ferguson 1st Worcester D Representative John Fernandes 10th Worcester D Representative Ann­Margaret Ferrante 5th Essex D Representative Michael Finn 6th Hampden D Representative Carole Fiola 6th Bristol R Representative Paul Frost 7th Worcester D Representative Denise Garlick 13th Norfolk D Representative Colleen Garry 36th Middlesex D Representative Carmine Gentile 13th Middlesex D Representative Thomas Golden 16th Middlesex D Representative Patricia Haddad 5th Bristol R Representative Sheila Harrington 1st Middlesex D Representative Stephen Hay 3rd Worcester D Representative Russell Holmes 6th Suffolk R Representative Steve Howitt 4th Bristol D Representative Daniel Hunt 13th Suffolk R Representative Randy Hunt 5th Barnstable           Representatives Cont. R Minority Leader Brad Jones 20th Middlesex R Representative Hannah Kane 11th Worcester D Representative Kay Khan 11th Middlesex D Representative Robert Koczera 11th Bristol R Representative Kevin Kuros 8th Worcester D Representative John Lawn 10th Middlesex R Representative Marc Lombardo 22nd Middlesex R Representative Jim Lyons 18th Essex D Representative Elizabeth Malia 11th Suffolk D Representative Ronald Mariano 3rd Norfolk D Representative Christopher Markey 9th Bristol D Representative Joe McGonagle 28th Middlesex R Representative Joe McKenna 18th Worcester D Representative Paul McMurtry 11th Norfolk D Representative James Miceli 19th Middlesex D Representative Frank Moran 17th Essex R Representative David Muradian 9th Worcester R Representative Mathew Muratore 1st Plymouth D Representative James Murphy 4th Norfolk D Representative Dave Nangle 17th Middlesex D Representative Harold Naughton 12th Worcester R Representative Shaunna O'Connell 3rd Bristol R Representative Keiko Orrall 12th Bristol D Representative Jerald Parisella 6th Essex D Representative Thomas Petrolati 7th Hampden D Representative William Pignatelli 4th Berkshire R Representative Elizabeth Poirier 14th Bristol D Representative Angelo Pupollo 12th Hampden D Representative John Rogers 12th Norfolk D Representative Dennis Rosa 4th Worcester D Representative Jeffrey Roy 10th Norfolk D Representative Daniel Ryan 2nd Suffolk D Representative Jeffrey Sanchez 15th Suffolk D Representative Angelo Scaccia 14th Suffolk D Representative Paul Schimd 8th Bristol D Representative John Scibak 2nd Hampshire D Representative Alan Silva 7th Bristol R Representative Todd Smola 1st Hampden D Representative Theodore Speliotis 13th Essex D Representative Thomas Stanley 9th Middlesex D Representative Ellen Story 3rd Hampshire D Representative Walter Timilty 7th Norfolk D Representative Paul Tucker 7th Essex D Representative Steven Ultrino 33rd Middlesex D Representative John Velis 4th Hampden R Representative David Vieira 3rd Barnstable D Representative RoseLee Vincent 16th Suffolk R Representative Timothy Whelan 1st Barnstable R Representative Susannah Whipps­Lee 2nd Franklin R Representative Donald Wong 9th Essex D Representative Jonathan Zlotnik 2nd Worcester   For more information on the Campaign for a Safe and Healthy Massachusetts, visit safeandhealthyma.com or on twitter at @safehealthyma. ### Paid for by Campaign for a Safe & Healthy Massachusetts No longer want to receive these emails? You can unsubscribe here.  Campaign for a Safe Healthy Massachusetts PO Box 15 Boston, Massachusetts 02137