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AhbabaOooMaoMao t1_ixhaph8 wrote

Reply to comment by dumbthrow33 in RI is getting legal weed shops before CT. by UptownDonkey

Mass was first because it's a more liberal state.

Edit: ouch someone doesn't like facts.

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dumbthrow33 t1_ixhv8jn wrote

Oh you got me there 🤣🤡

MA is definitely a more liberal state but I don’t think that’s what contributed to them trailblazing marijuana in the region

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AhbabaOooMaoMao t1_ixhx1zq wrote

I was there. It did.

In MA when the legislatures got the idea, pretty much every legislator in the majority party was pretty much on board right away. Obviously the war on drugs was a failure and obviously continuing to put people in criminal jeopardy for cannabis was unsustainable and racially discriminatory as applied.

In CT, it took many more years of pressure and campaigning from the left. Senior members of the majority party wanted to study the issue and even came out against it.

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