Did Massachusetts Repeal Legal Weed? Question 8 Results (November 2026)

By Robbie Lattig, owner of Healing Herbals, herbalist 13+ years

Massachusetts voters kept legal weed on Tuesday, rejecting Question 8 by a wide margin. Idaho voters killed an amendment that would have taken drug legalization off the ballot for good. Voters in three Oregon towns kept psilocybin businesses out, and two federal dates land next week.

Did Massachusetts repeal legal weed?

No. Voters rejected Question 8 on November 3. With about 15% of ballots counted, Marijuana Moment reported it losing 72% to 28%. WBUR called it a resounding no and NORML called it overwhelming. Votes were still being counted as of Wednesday morning, and we have not seen a final total.

The measure would have ended adult-use retail sales and the home-grow allowance while keeping the medical program. High Times reported sales would have stopped January 1, 2028. Massachusetts would have been the first state to reverse legalization, per WBUR, which said most of the repeal money came from one out-of-state group, Smart Approaches to Marijuana.

Nothing changes for Massachusetts dispensaries or customers. The vote also has no bearing on the state's emergency kratom order that took effect August 28. That was a separate action by the governor.

What was Idaho HJR 4?

HJR 4 was a proposed constitutional amendment giving the Idaho Legislature sole power to legalize any drug or psychoactive substance, and removing voters' ability to do it by initiative. It failed. The Associated Press called it at 10:39 p.m. Mountain time, and the count stood at 66.7% against as of 11:55 p.m., the Idaho Capital Sun reported. KIFI also reported the rejection. The State Board of Canvassers meets November 24 to certify.

Marijuana stays illegal in Idaho. Voters kept the initiative process, and the amendment's language covered psychoactive substances broadly, so a future plant measure can still go to the ballot there.

Did Oregon towns ban psilocybin businesses?

Three kept them out, in unofficial results. No statewide psilocybin measure made any ballot this year, according to a tracker updated October 12. The fights were local:

Joseph: 402 to 260 to prohibit psilocybin-related businesses, per the Oregon Secretary of State.
Reedsport, Measure 10-215: 950 to 462 to ban them, same source.
Redmond: about 57% yes on a third two-year moratorium on service centers, the Redmond Spokesman reported. The state page had no Redmond numbers when we checked.

The state's licensed psilocybin program stands, and the Spokesman cites Oregon Health Authority data showing more than 20,000 people have used it. Each town can still opt out, so a state program does not guarantee local access.

Is psilocybin close to FDA approval?

An application is close. Compass Pathways said November 3 that its final application for COMP360, a synthetic psilocybin studied in treatment-resistant depression, "will be filed in the next two weeks." The company cites data from more than 1,000 human participants. It holds a national priority voucher it says could cut review to one to two months, and the same release warns the program may not speed anything up. Compass expects a launch in the first half of 2027 if the FDA approves.

Separately, Psychedelic Alpha reported November 2 that the nonprofit Usona Institute completed its own psilocybin application. HealingMaps says Usona declined to comment. We have not confirmed the primary source. None of this changes psilocybin's Schedule I status today.

Which kratom bans moved this week?

Plymouth Township, Michigan. We owed you this one. The board voted unanimously October 27 to ban sales of kratom and its synthetic forms, WXYZ reported. Civil fines run $1,000 to $7,500, up to $25,000 for aggravated violations. Shops get 30 days to clear shelves. We have not confirmed the primary source.

Pottsville, Pennsylvania. Council unanimously passed first reading of a ban on tianeptine, kratom and its derivatives, synthetic cannabinoids, bath salts and "synthetic mushrooms," reported November 2. Fines were raised to $1,000 per offense, with up to 90 days in jail. This is first reading only. We have not confirmed the primary source.

Georgia. Towns are using alcohol licenses as the lever. Commerce will vote November 16 on barring alcohol license holders from selling products with mitragynine, 7-OH or tianeptine, effective January 1, 2027 if adopted, MainStreet News reported. Franklin County commissioners were due to vote on a similar change November 2, WLHR reported. We could not find the outcome. Losing a beer license over a shelf of kratom shots is a bigger threat to a gas station than a fine, and a town can do it without a state law.

We also could not find a result from the November 2 meeting in Peru, Illinois.

What legal dates are coming up in November?

November 9: Pottsville final action likely.
November 10: Hillsborough County, Florida public hearing on its 7-OH ordinance, per FOX 13.
November 12: the federal cutoff for cannabinoids the hemp plant cannot produce on its own, under H.R. 6500, as Akerman explains it.
November 13: the earliest the DEA can publish its 7-OH order, per the Federal Register notice. It takes effect on publication. It reaches 7-OH and MGPI above 1 mg per gram or 1 mg per milliliter, or a mitragynine ratio under 100 to 1.
November 16: Commerce, Georgia vote.
November 17: Leon County, Florida commissioners review a kratom derivatives ordinance, per WCTV.
November 18: Arlington, Washington sales ban takes effect, per The Spokesman-Review.

December 11 is still the big one for hemp. Rep. Morgan Griffith wants his HEMP Act in a post-election reconciliation package, but no legislation had been introduced as of October 29, GreenState reported. Plan on the date holding.

Healing Herbals sells kanna, kava, blue lotus, Amanita muscaria, wild dagga and akuamma. We do not sell kratom or 7-OH. Adults 21 and over.

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Written by Robbie Lattig

Did Massachusetts Repeal Legal Weed? Question 8 Results (November 2026)