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Two Boston city councilors are throwing their support behind a November ballot question to legalize recreational marijuana in Massachusetts.

The highest court in Massachusetts is rewriting the wording of a ballot question that seeks to legalize recreational marijuana, announcing the change in a ruling issued Wednesday morning.

BOSTON — Supporters of a proposal that could make Massachusetts the fifth U.S. state to legalize the recreational use of marijuana expressed confidence they would easily meet a Wednesday deadline for voter signatures and qualify for the November state ballot.

The campaign to legalize marijuana in Massachusetts has already gained more than half of the required signatures to put a question on the November ballot.

Massachusetts voters are split on whether their state should follow suit of states like Colorado, Washington, and Alaska — and legalize recreational marijuana.

In a new statewide survey of almost 500 registered Massachusetts voters, a majority would support a ballot question to legalize marijuana.

By every metric available, public opinion appears to favor legalization, and by wider margins with each passing year.

Marijuana sales could surpass $1 billion in the state of Massachusetts by the year 2020 — if the state chooses to legalize weed for recreational purposes in the fall, that is.

BOSTON - A measure on track for the November statewide ballot would open the doors of the Massachusetts marketplace to legal use of recreational marijuana. But a small section in the proposed ballot measure promoted by the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol would also regulate the cultivation, process, distribution and sale of hemp.

BOSTON – Massachusetts voters are expected to head to the polls in November and likely vote on a ballot measure fully legalizing marijuana, four years after they signed off on medical marijuana and eight years after approving decriminalization of small amounts of the substance.

The lawmakers will take the lessons learned there and issue a report with recommendations to the senate president next month.

Voters in Colorado passed a referendum four years ago to make buying and selling marijuana legal, and Massachusetts voters are expected to do the same thing.

Massachusetts voters are expected to spark up a new legalized recreational marijuana industry this year, and state lawmakers are preparing for a regulation process that could be anything but mellow.

BOSTON – A group of U.S. senators, including Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey of Massachusetts, is still seeking answers on federal barriers to research on medical marijuana and hit U.S. agencies for a lack of coordination with states on the issue. Warren, Markey and six other senators sent a letter in July asking for information on federal agencies' efforts on medical marijuana research.

BOSTON – The Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol, one of two groups attempting to place an initiative legalizing marijuana on the 2016 ballot, said Monday it’s gathered more than 100,000 signatures in support.

Groups seeking to place an initiative on the statewide ballot must gather at least 64,750 signatures from registered voters in Massachusetts. Campaigns often gather more signatures than necessary, anticipating that some may be deemed invalid.

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