The crucial marijuana question not on the ballot: Why has Massachusetts failed to educate the public on the harmful effects of cannabis and monitor the impact of its growing use, especially on young people?
Other states have paired legalization with robust education and research funding that recognizes the downsides of cannabis
Despite clear evidence that cannabis has had negative health effects in Massachusetts, our state has done little to survey and confront these harmful consequences.
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Why three red states are suing Mass. over abortion
The legal challenge comes as the country considers the messy legal question of whether reproductive care services are being provided where the patient is — which may be a state with a ban — or where the abortion medication is issued.
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Commonwealth in depth
The Dean of Massachusetts mayors
Leominster bills itself as ‘a city on the move,’ but it hasn’t elected a new mayor in more than three decades
BY THE NUMBERS
Republican voters split with party on gun law; Dems want more access to public records from Democrat-dominated offices
New poll reveals divide on some ballot questions between voters and party leaders
From the Archives
On Heritage Road
In the heart of suburbia, anxieties about the new economy
