The New Hampshire Senate is rejecting two House-passed cannabis legalization bills
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The New Hampshire legislature struck down two House-passed bills that would have legalized marijuana on Thursday, Marijuana Moment reported.
Senate members defeated Rep. Carol McGuire’s (R) non-commercial legislation by a vote of 9 to 15 after heated debate over an amendment that would have eliminated the home-grow option and added a per se THC limit for the disabled.
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McGuire’s bill, which would legalize the possession and cultivation of marijuana by adults, received the green light from a Senate committee two weeks ago.
While senators like Becky Whitley (D) pushed for legalization to pass, seeing it as a “appropriate and necessary step for us as a state,” other members of the chambers in one episode called it “inappropriate to legislate.” -Up vote.
“This bill will bring us a little more in line with our neighbors and with a more modern understanding of cannabis,” Whitley said ahead of the vote. The reform will “benefit our citizens and reduce an unnecessary burden on our law enforcement community.”
“New Hampshire has become an island in New England, with our overly onerous cannabis regulations at odds with what the scientific health and social data says,” the senator said. “And most importantly, what New Hampshire voters want.”
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Meanwhile, another bill — by Rep. Daryl Abbas (R) — that would have established a state liquor commission-run market for adult consumption, was also defeated by the Senate in an oral vote. The bill was rejected by the chamber’s committee earlier this month.
This article originally appeared on Benzinga and has been republished with permission.
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