While uncertainty remains around federal enforcement, Massachusetts is set to forge ahead on its own legalization of marijuana.
A marijuana legalization ballot question was approved by voters by a 53-46 margin on Nov. 8.
The Governor’s Council will receive the ballot question vote results in time for its Wednesday meeting, Brian McNiff, a spokesman for Secretary of State William Galvin, told the News Service on last Friday.
That means the election results should be certified just in time for Thursday’s effective date of the referendum.
Governor’s Councilor Robert Jubinville conveyed concerns at a November meeting that the results would not be confirmed by a Dec. 15 date in the law pertaining to legalization of home-growing of marijuana and marijuana possession.
Marijuana is illegal under federal law.
