Weed wars: Pro-marijuana groups are now fighting against each other

Pot activists can’t agree on how the drug should be regulated. Now some fear that picking sides could split the vote and not result in any legalization at all.

Amid the haze of pot smoke that floated above Boston Common as college-aged kids casually passed around blunts, Steve Epstein took to the stage and grabbed a microphone.

“We knew this day would come, when our Freedom Rally would be the initiative petition kickoff!” Epstein bellowed to the pot enthusiasts gathered at September’s annual marijuana festival.

Most of the stoned crowd paid him little attention. They probably didn’t realize that Epstein, who is leading a charge for marijuana legalization in Massachusetts, is in the political fight of his life. In Massachusetts and across the U.S., pro-pot groups—who have long fought together to legalize medical marijuana and decriminalize the drug—are locked in a standoff.

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