Handful of legislators delay Mass. marijuana shops
It took less than an hour and about a half-dozen state legislators to undo the will of 1.8 million voters expressed just last month.
The House and Senate passed a bill on Wednesday delaying the opening date for recreational marijuana stores in Massachusetts by half a year — from January to summer 2018.
The extraordinary move would unravel a significant part of the marijuana law. About 1.5 million people voted against legalization on Nov. 8.
Part of the new law — legalizing possession and home-growing — took effect on Dec. 15. That wouldn’t change under the measure, which emerged Wednesday morning in the state Senate. Together, both chambers took under an hour to pass the bill.
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