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[WATCH] - Massachusetts Question 8: Broken Lizard Says "Just Say No"
Do you know what’s on your ballot?
A “No” vote on Question 8 keeps the state’s legal, regulated system for adult-use in place.
A “Yes” vote would end legal adult-use sales and push that market back toward the illicit sector, where there are no product safety standards, no age checks, and also the potential for an increase in penalties once again.
The coalition who made this public service announcement and the Broken Lizard comedy troupe simply ask that you read the question carefully before you vote.
‘Accept treatment or lose access: Ontario’s new opioid rules undermine harm reduction’
“Restricting access to pharmaceutical opioids risks driving patients back to the dangerous illicit market these programs seek to help them avoid.”
By @dr4liberty
reason.org/commentary/accept…
Breaking news!
Massachusetts voters resoundingly reject regression and overwhelmingly support the continuation of the progress set in motion in 2016.
Age checks, quality control, industry standards, no punitive measures… all remain in place thanks to the significant rejection of Question 8.
Breaking:
‘Massachusetts Voters Decide To Keep Marijuana Sales Legal, Rejecting Ballot Measure Bring Back Criminalization’
“Question 8 was trailing by a significant margin of 73 percent to 27 percent on Tuesday night, with an estimated 24 percent of ballots counted, according to The Associated Press.”
marijuanamoment.net/massachu… by @tomangell for @MarijuanaMoment
The Law Enforcement Action Partnership (LEAP) retweeted
Just a reminder to #JustSayNo on Q8 in Massachusetts.
What can we say other than, wow!
Over half a million views now and still counting for this public service announcement for ‘No On 8’ with comedy troupe Broken Lizard.
Still time to watch and get educated about what this all means. Just say know and Just Say No.
#massachusetts #JustSayNo
Just saying… Massachusetts Question 8:
Read the question carefully and be aware of all that’s being proposed and opposed. The question is quite ambiguous and may take some thought and consideration.
‘No’ means a continuation of regulation, age checks, product safety standards, and collected tax revenue.
‘Yes’ means rolling back on the reforms and going back to non-regulated, potentially punitive measures.
Choose carefully and read your ballot question in full.
As today pans out, please remember that there are increasing amounts of ballot measures and questions being put forward. As you may know, Massachusetts is one such example.
Let’s keep reform moving forward and not regress. Members of law enforcement are more and more aware of just how reform measures benefit the service and communities.
Police Groups Urge Massachusetts Voters To Keep Cannabis Sales Legal By Rejecting Ballot Measure: "A return to the prohibition and criminalizing of cannabis commerce will only increase demands on already over-burdened law enforcement resources."
marijuanamoment.net/police-g…
‘Police Groups Urge Massachusetts Voters To Keep Cannabis Sales Legal By Rejecting Ballot Measure’
Read why The National Association of Black Law Enforcement Officers (NABLEO) and Law Enforcement Action Partnership (LEAP) are championing the maintenance of reform and not regression to prohibition:
marijuanamoment.net/police-g…
The Law Enforcement Action Partnership (LEAP) retweeted
'The report finds that past-month marijuana use by high-school-aged youth in Massachusetts was 26% in 2015, the year before legalization. By 2025, that rate had dropped to 12%.' MA voters might re-prohibit weed, ugh. @michelleminton @HannaDersh reason.org/commentary/massac…
What can we say other than, wow!
Over half a million views now and still counting for this public service announcement for ‘No On 8’ with comedy troupe Broken Lizard.
Still time to watch and get educated about what this all means. Just say know and Just Say No.
#massachusetts #JustSayNo
“The comedians from Broken Lizard, most famous for “Super Troopers”—a film about marijuana-smoking highway patrolmen—have come out against the effort to recriminalize cannabis in Massachusetts with an ad poking fun at the measure’s wording and urging voters to “just say no” to Question 8. The spot was sponsored by the Committee for Responsible Cannabis Policy, a ballot committee formed by members of the nonprofit group Law Enforcement Action Partnership.”
Via @reason
reason.org/commentary/massac…
The Law Enforcement Action Partnership (LEAP) retweeted
‘Colorado’s fentanyl crisis is real, but Prop 132 isn’t the solution’
By Judge Leonard Frieling (Fmr.)
“Justice depends on judges being able to weigh the individual facts of each case, as well as the circumstances and the person standing before them.”
timescall.com/2026/10/25/leo…
The Law Enforcement Action Partnership (LEAP) retweeted
[WATCH] - Massachusetts Question 8: Broken Lizard Says "Just Say No"
Do you know what’s on your ballot?
A “No” vote on Question 8 keeps the state’s legal, regulated system for adult-use in place.
A “Yes” vote would end legal adult-use sales and push that market back toward the illicit sector, where there are no product safety standards, no age checks, and also the potential for an increase in penalties once again.
The coalition who made this public service announcement and the Broken Lizard comedy troupe simply ask that you read the question carefully before you vote.
Overwhelming support and views for the ‘Just Say No On Question 8’ PSA on YouTube and Instagram.
Approaching 200k views in total!
Please feel free to view and consider the content and question:
Bit.ly/JustSayNoOnQuestion8
“In 1986, Congress acted on a young man’s untimely death with a speed it could not match when the consequences of its choices became clear. Forty years later, the penalties remain certain, while access to treatment remains questionable. It’s time for lawmakers to change that.”
By @ReginaLaBelle46 & Libby Jones for @thehill
thehill.com/opinion/criminal…
“In 1986, Congress wrote the penalties quickly. Eric Sterling, the House Judiciary Committee counsel who worked on the bill, later recalled that the mandatory minimums were added in the final days before the August recess, as members headed home to campaign. The drug quantities that triggered them received no hearings.”
Eric is a speaker for Law Enforcement Action Partnership now and is still an advocate in this area of reform.
‘We’re retired law enforcement officers. Don’t turn back the clock on cannabis reform.’
By Officer Karen Hawkes (Ret.) & LEAP Executive Director Lt. @dianemgoldstein (Ret.)
“For those of us in law enforcement, the vote prompted serious reflection. Many of us had spent our careers enforcing cannabis laws. But to what end? The question was not simply whether marijuana carried risks, but whether prohibition was an effective or appropriate response to those risks. We also had to consider the consequences of criminalizing conduct involving consenting adults.”
commonwealthbeacon.org/opini…
The Stars of Super Troopers Explain Massachusetts Cannabis Ballot Question
Broken Lizard says "Just Say No."
Great coverage by @news_cen
Link to the short film embedded in the article:
cannabisequipmentnews.com/vi…
The Law Enforcement Action Partnership (LEAP) retweeted
The '#WarOnDrugs' has failed…but at what?
As drug markets thrive, punitive #DrugPolicy helps justify the expansion of rights-curtailing police powers, surveillance & institutional arrangements that feed private profit.
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