Uhh this is a no-friggin-brainer. How does using marijuana (Remember folks, one does not have to always 'smoke' it) do more harm than lets say Alcohol? or cigarettes?

If something helps someone feel better, than by all meens use whatever crutch you need. We live in a world where one can easily go to a doctor to get prescribed "happy" pills, or percs which RAVAGE the body over time. Anyone who votes against this bill is stuck in the 1930's and needs to move the hell on.

If an individual suffers from an affliction which causes pain or discomfort, and all other forms of medication have failed, then it would appear that there is little or no harm in allowing that individual to employ marijuana as part of a doctor supervised course of treatment, to not allow the individual to employ this treatment is contra to the very purpose of the oath which Doctors take regarding the treatment of their patients.

Well said Jack.

I'm sorry but marijuana is the work of the devil. Think of the children!!

@Mike

I know you're sarcastic but their are (sadly) people who think that way.

Alas, no referendum question on the ballot this fall is going to change public policy in Massachusetts - that's in the hands of the legislators. And as evidenced by crackdowns in California and Colorado, state sanction is no shield from prosecution by the Feds, either.

We need legislation passed on the federal level to legalize medical marijuana, to legitimize this once and for all.

Nope, should not be legal.

It would save $2.4 BILLION dollars of law enforcement costs that could be used to catch Pedophiles and Murderers and it would give the Mexican drug cartels no more power here. Plus no selling by schools, there are strict laws about where dispensaries can be located. And who ever hurt anyone when they were stoned, the worst you might do is talk someone to death! No one goes home and beats their family because they are too stoned. If you want my opinion, control Alcohol more and make Marijuana completely legal!

Yes