Vote No on Question 8: Protect Legal Cannabis in Massachusetts

What Would Question 8 Do?

The wording can be confusing, so it is important to understand what each vote means:

• A Yes vote would prohibit licensed recreational cannabis sales and end adult home cultivation.
• A No vote would preserve Massachusetts’ existing adult-use cannabis laws.

This is not simply a question about cannabis. It is a decision about local jobs, consumer safety, small businesses, municipal revenue, and the future of an industry Massachusetts voters chose to create in 2016.

What Question 8 Means for Heirloom Employees

The Heirloom Collective is powered by people from right here in Western Massachusetts. Our team includes cultivators, production specialists, budtenders, inventory professionals, drivers, compliance staff, and many others who have built careers within the state’s regulated cannabis industry.

Ending adult-use cannabis sales would threaten jobs throughout our company and across the Massachusetts cannabis supply chain. The effects would reach beyond dispensary counters. Cultivation, manufacturing, testing laboratories, transportation companies, contractors, equipment providers, and local vendors all depend on a functioning legal market.

For our employees, this work is more than a job. It is a craft and a career. Our team has spent years developing specialized knowledge, serving customers responsibly, and building a company rooted in Massachusetts. Voting No on Question 8 helps protect those careers and the families that depend on them.

What Question 8 Means for Heirloom Customers

Massachusetts’ regulated cannabis system gives adults access to products that are tested, tracked, clearly labeled, and sold in secure licensed facilities.

At Heirloom, customers can ask questions, review product information, understand potency, and choose cannabis that fits their individual preferences. Products are subject to state testing and packaging requirements before they reach our shelves.

If Question 8 passes, adult-use customers without medical cards would lose access to licensed dispensaries. Home cultivation would also become illegal. This would leave many adults with fewer lawful options while doing little to eliminate demand for cannabis.

The regulated market replaced uncertainty with transparency. Consumers can now see where a product came from, what it contains, and whether it passed required safety testing. Protecting that system is a practical matter of consumer choice and public safety.

What Question 8 Means for Our Communities

Legal cannabis supports communities across Massachusetts through employment, local purchasing, charitable partnerships, and tax revenue.

Massachusetts adult-use cannabis businesses generated approximately $1.65 billion in sales during 2025. According to the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission, the industry also generated $289 million in state tax revenue during fiscal year 2025. Host communities may receive an additional local-option tax of up to 3% on adult-use cannabis sales.

That revenue contributes to state and municipal budgets while supporting programs and public services across the Commonwealth. Repealing adult-use sales would remove an established source of economic activity and local revenue that communities have incorporated into their planning.

Here in Western Massachusetts, the impact would be personal. Heirloom employees shop locally, support neighboring businesses, raise families, and participate in the communities surrounding our Hadley and Bernardston locations. When a local cannabis business succeeds, that activity extends to nearby restaurants, farms, professional services, tradespeople, and community organizations.

A Practical, Bipartisan Issue

Massachusetts voters hold a wide range of political beliefs, and people can reasonably have different opinions about cannabis. Question 8 does not need to be viewed through a partisan lens.

The practical question is whether Massachusetts should preserve a regulated system built around testing, labeling, age restrictions, licensed businesses, and public oversight, or eliminate legal adult-use sales after nearly a decade of investment.

You do not need to consume cannabis to recognize the value of regulation, consumer safeguards, local employment, and accountable businesses. These are principles that can matter to voters across the political spectrum.

Make Your Voice Heard

The regulated Massachusetts cannabis industry was created by voters. Its future will once again be decided by voters on November 3, 2026.

Make sure your voter registration is current and learn about early voting through the Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth. To learn more about the campaign opposing the repeal, visit Stop the Repeal Massachusetts.

Talk with friends, family members, coworkers, your favorite Heirloom employees, and other Massachusetts residents about what Question 8 would actually do. Share accurate information and encourage every eligible voter to participate.

Protect legal cannabis access. Protect local cannabis jobs. Protect the regulated system Massachusetts has spent years building. Vote No on Question 8.