is to end the War on Drugs and decriminalize the substance possession for personal use in the State of Massachusetts.

substance USE is not necessarily a problem,

substance ABUSE is a public health problem, not a law enforcement problem,

people who abuse substances need access to medical services and addiction treatment, not incarceration,
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controlled substances such as Psilocybin, MDMA, Ibogaine, and Ayahuasca can be beneficial for individuals struggling with depression, anxiety, PTSD, and other mental health challenges, as well as for mitigating substance addiction,
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we the people, not the State, have sovereignty in choosing what substances to use for healing and wellness as long as our actions do not injure others,

the War on Drugs continues to destroy lives and decimate communities by needlessly incarcerating individuals and allowing criminal cartels to flourish.
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is of a future in which people are free to use any substance they need for personal self-healing and well-being,

a future without fear of arrests or incarceration for the mere possession of these substances,

a future without undue burden by medicalization or privatization of substances long-known for their beneficial effects,

a future where laws respect personal choices and are informed by science and compassion, not by dogma and the desire to punish.

According to the CDC, for the latest reported 12-month periods in the USA, there were approximately:

480,000 deaths caused by smoking and using tobacco (CDC)

95,000 alcohol-caused deaths (CDC)

50,000 deaths from opioid overdose (CDC)

20,000 deaths from all other controlled substances combined (CDC)

0 deaths attributed to Cannabis, Psilocybin, LSD, or Ibogaine (CDC, CDC)

According to US government data (Criminal Justice DrugFacts, Bureau of Justice Statistics, and DOJ):

$113 Billion - the annual price tag in 2007 of the criminalization of drug use and the War on Drugs

85% - the percent of inmates with an active substance use disorder or incarcerated for a crime involving drugs or drug use

47% - the percent of Federal prisoners in 2016 (last year for which data is available) were convicted for drug offense

Schedule 1 drugs -- defined as having "no currently accepted medical use" and "a high potential for abuse" -- currently include Cannabis, LSD, Peyote, Psilocybin, Ibogaine, and many others, which have shown no addictive properties, have no recorded cases of overdose, and which deliver numerous medical, health, and wellness benefits, of which - treatments for opioid, alcohol, tobacco, and other drug addictions, mitigations for depression, PTSD, OCD, and many others (see page Resources)