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Committee for Sensible Marijuana Policy wins votes
By Hempology | December 7, 2007
Boston Globe, MA
5 Dec 2007
BID TO MAKE POT A CIVIL OFFENSE ADVANCES
A campaign to replace criminal penalties for marijuana possession with civil penalties took the next step in reaching the 2008 statewide ballot yesterday, with supporters bringing boxes of signatures to Secretary of State William Galvin’s office. Election officials now must review the signatures, validated by cities and towns, before passing the measure to the Legislature. The legalization forces submitted more than 81,000 signatures, roughly 15,000 higher than the threshold, said Whitney Taylor of the Committee for Sensible Marijuana Policy.
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