Ricky Williams Warns Against Repealing Cannabis Sales in Massachusetts Ahead of November Referendum

Former NFL star Ricky Williams urged Massachusetts voters to vote "No" on Question 8, calling the repeal of cannabis sales a dangerous precedent. The move comes as a University of Massachusetts Amherst poll showed that 61% of voters want to keep cannabis legal, compared with 31% who support repeal.

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• Williams urged voters to vote "No" on Question 8 and described the ban as a dangerous precedent.

  «Ricky Williams urged voters to vote “no” on Question 8»

  The Boston Globe
• Williams cited his own experience using cannabis to manage social anxiety and said other athletes use it to adjust.

  «reflecting on how he uses cannabis to help with social anxiety and how other athletes use it to cope»

  The Boston Globe
• A University of Massachusetts Amherst poll found that 61% of voters want to keep cannabis legal, compared with 31% who support repeal.

  «found 61% of voters wanted to keep it legal, compared to 31% for repeal»

  MassLive
• The November ballot question concerns reinstating criminal penalties on legal cannabis sales.

  «A UMass Amherst poll on the November ballot question to recriminalize legal pot»

  MassLive

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