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Up in Smoke?
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BY JOSEPH BEDNAR
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Cannabis
threat.”
Meg Sanders calls it “a huge
She’s referring to a question
Industry Leaders
that might be put to Massachu-
setts voters on Election Day in
November, seeking to undo the
state’s 2016 legalization of recreational, or adult-
use, cannabis.
“We’re concerned if nobody comes out and
Concerned
votes; it’s an off-year election, and overall, America
is not great about voting,” said Sanders, CEO of
Canna Provisions, which just opened its third Mas-
About Repeal Effort
sachusetts dispensary this month in Pittsfield, to
complement its existing stores in Lee and Holyoke.
“If you’re in cannabis, you have to understand
how civics and government policy work,” she
added. “Anti-cannabis groups have raised $10 mil-
lion for this battle. And if we do nothing, if we don’t
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