Aug. 13, 2008 --

Voters Say Yes to Decriminalizing Marijuana:

7NEWS/Suffolk University Poll.

http://www.suffolk.edu/offices/20580....

BOSTON – Of the three questions on the Massachusetts ballot this November,

only one question -- #2 the decriminalization of marijuana -- appears all but

certain to pass, according to a poll analysis released today by

7NEWS/Suffolk University.

Seventy-two percent favored the proposed law, which would replace the

criminal penalties for possession of up to one ounce of marijuana to a civil

penalty of forfeiture of the marijuana and a fine of $100. Twenty-two percent

opposed the proposed law.

"The public may be signaling that pursuing small-time marijuana users is a waste

of taxpayer resources," said David Paleologos, director of the Political Research

Center at Suffolk University.

"This issue suggests that there is a Libertarian streak in the thinking of

Massachusetts voters."

Also see today's Boston Herald Story.

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regi...