“These initiatives represent the first-ever large-scale coordinated attack on adult-use markets… This is not a drill. It is the moment to come together to defeat the prohibitionists.”
By Adam Smith, Marijuana Policy Project
2025 felt like a year of waiting in cannabis, but 2026 may be something else entirely.
Get ready for a major pushback against adult-use markets.
While much of the cannabis world spent month after month in 2025 watching (or lobbying) Congress on hemp, and the White House on rescheduling, three near-identical state ballot initiatives were being filed for the November 2026 election that would end regulated adult-use sales in Massachusetts, Maine and Arizona. The Massachusetts and Maine initiatives would also re-criminalize non-medical home grow.
The Massachusetts campaign has submitted enough signatures to qualify, and awaits validation. Signature collection is ongoing in Maine and Arizona.
While it’s possible that one or more of these initiatives fail to make the ballot, it’s imperative that we take them seriously and prepare for a fight. These are not symbolic protests or fringe efforts. They are coordinated campaigns run by experienced political operatives. And from the sound of it, they may already have a ton of money behind them.
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