Ed Markey, the Democratic Senator of Massachusetts is a vocal supporter of marijuana and he made it clear when a blunt smoking constitute showed his support for the politician.
As Markey walked the streets of Revere this past weekend, a constituent passed by in a car and voiced his support for his re-election. The person was riding in the passenger seat at the time. The senator affirmed “I support marijuana by the way.”
Markey is facing a primary challenge from Rep. Joe Kennedy III (D-MA), and has said that he came out in favor of legalization prior to his competitor, who until November 2018 was a staunch opponent to the policy change.
“I have supported legalization since it passed in Massachusetts,” Markey said back in June. He also said that he “voted to support legalization when it was on the ballot” in 2016 however he didn’t make it public at the time, and didn’t endorse the measure during the campaign.
“I believe that it is something that also I might add should be done in a way in which racial minorities for the first time should be able to fully participate in the business opportunities that marijuana is going to present in our state, and that we have to create a banking system that ensures that it’s not a cash business, but something that goes through a traditional banking system.”
Joe Kennedy has remarked to Boston.com in July, “I think it’s odd to get criticized as being slow on something where I was actually before him.”
Kennedy announced his support for federal legalization in an opinion piece for the website STAT on Nov. 20, 2018, the same day that the first recreational marijuana dispensaries opened in Massachusetts.
