Four Massachusetts cannabis operators have filed a legal challenge against the ballot initiative that seeks to repeal the state’s adult-use market this November. Bloomberg Law reports.

of suitfiled Wednesday in the Supreme Judicial Court, claims the ballot measure violates the state constitution by combining too many issues into a single ballot question and because of its “failure to present a unified statement of public policy to voters.”

The ballot measure, titled “An Act to Restore Sensible Marijuana Policy,” was approved for this year’s ballot in January. despite the allegations that the reform campaign used deceptive signature-gathering practices, including bait-and-switch tactics and signers lying about the purpose of the petition.

The suit names Attorney General Andrea Campbell and Secretary of State William Galvin as defendants for their roles in allowing the petition to move forward. The complaint asks “that this Court vacate the Attorney General’s certification of the Petition and order the Secretary of the Commonwealth to place the Petition on the ballot for the 2026 general election.”

If approved by voters, the ballot initiative would repeal adult-use cannabis sales and the state’s home grow provisions. Instead, the initiative contains language to decriminalize possession of up to two ounces of cannabis.

or survey found last month that only 20% of Massachusetts residents said they would support the repeal of the state-owned adult-use industry.

A voting initiative proposed in Massachusetts seeks to abolish cannabis law on the use of state adults approved by voters in 2016. Proposal by Caroline Cunningham comes in the form of two proposed laws, both entitled “An act to restore a sensitive marijuana policy”, and will finish the cannabis sales “and will end.” right from adults to cultivate cannabis at home.

Proposals are signed by 14 other voters of Massachusetts. Both laws will decriminalize the possession of more than one Once, but less than two ounces, and a violation of the law would be a civil offense with a $ 100 fine. Adults would still be able to donate cannabis to each other.

Medical cannabis will also remain legal under proposals but ”Version a“It would remove the flower with a concentration of thc higher than 30%, focuses on the power greater than 60%, and Edibles with more than 5 milligrams of thc for service.”Version b“Will the Cannabis Control Commission and the State Health Department obtain” ensuring that the production and distribution of medical use is effectively regulated “but does not describe the limits of Prodyct power.

To obtain a vote issue in Massachusetts, the Office of the Prosecutor General must first review whether the petitions meet some constitutional requirements to appear with the Secretary of Commonwealth, who will notify whether it has been approved for certification on September 3. If the registered initiative to register, registered initiatives, registrars, registered, registered, registered, registered, registered, registered, registered, registered, registered, registered, registered, registered, registered, registered, registered, registered, registered, registered, registered, registered, registered, registered, registered, registered. Commonwealth by December 3. Once the signatures are verified, the proposal is sent to the state legislature in January for its approval. If lawmakers do not approve the proposal, supporters then must collect an additional signatures from the voters registered until July 1, 2026, to establish the November 2026 voting initiative.