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New Hampshire lawmakers are gearing up for a busy 2026 session when it comes to cannabis and psychedelics, filing at least a dozen requests for legislative staff to draft reform bills they plan to file next year.<\/p>\n
That includes proposals to legalize adult-use marijuana for commercial and non-commercial use, protect gun rights for medical cannabis patients, let dispensaries operate on a for-profit basis, revise the definition of hemp, allow the therapeutic use of psilocybin in a clinical setting and repeal the state\u2019s controlled drug statutes altogether.<\/p>\n
Three of the measures concern cannabis legalization, which has consistently stalled in the legislature over recent years. One would provide for a regulatory model where adults could access products from retailers, while two would legalize the personal possession and use of marijuana without a commercial model.<\/p>\n
One of the marijuana legalization requests, filed by Rep. Jonah Wheeler (D), is a proposed constitutional amendment that, if approved by the legislature, would put the reform issue on the ballot for voters to determine.<\/p>\n
Sen. Donovan Fenton (D), who filed a separate legalization proposal, said that part of the motivation is for the state to catch up with its neighbors.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou know, every state around us has legalized it,\u201d he told<\/a> The Keene Sentinel. \u201cThey\u2019re not having issues with it. And it would be a great revenue driver.\u201d<\/p>\n Two bicameral Republican members are sponsoring bills aimed at ensuring that the gun rights of registered medical cannabis patients would not be infringed, at least at the state level, simply for using marijuana in compliance with state law.<\/p>\n Another set of proposals touch on psychedelics policy, with two bills that would allow the therapeutic use of psilocybin in a regulated medical setting and another that would facilitate New Hampshire\u2019s participation in a \u201cmulti-state consortium\u201d dealing with clinical trials investigating the potential of ibogaine to treat substance misuse disorder.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Rep. Aidan Ankarberg (I) pre-filed a measure simply meant to strike the state\u2019s Controlled Drug Act, which theoretically would legalize all currently illicit substances.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s the list of notable cannabis and psychedelic bill requests<\/a> for the 2026 session:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2014 Earlier this month, meanwhile, a New Hampshire House Finance subcommittee advanced a bill to allow medical marijuana dispensaries in the state to convert from non-profit organizations to for-profit businesses<\/a>.<\/p>\n Another New Hampshire House committee recently discussed plans to move forward with a bill to legalize marijuana altogether<\/a>\u2013even though members accept that it is unlikely to advance beyond the chamber given opposition in the Senate and the threat of a veto by the governor.<\/p>\n \u201cWe know where it\u2019s going to go. Let\u2019s send a virtue signal,\u201d the sponsor of the legalization proposal, Rep. Jared Sullivan (D), said during a House Commerce and Consumer Affairs Committee hearing last month. \u201cLet them be the ones that are pissing off voters who care about this.\u201d<\/p>\n Sullivan ultimately made a persuasive defense of moving forward with his original bill, pointing out that\u00a0the House has repeatedly passed similar legalization legislation<\/a>\u00a0and that the chamber should stand its ground, forcing the Senate and governor to again go on record with their opposition to a policy popular among voters.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, after the House added provisions to a Senate-passed bill that would allow medical marijuana patients to grow cannabis at home,\u00a0those measures were stripped in conference<\/a>.<\/p>\n Gov. Kelly Ayotte (R) also said in August that her position on marijuana legalization\u00a0would not change even if the federal government moved forward with rescheduling the plant<\/a>\u2014a policy change President Donald Trump is actively considering.<\/p>\n \u201cIf federal law changes, I have to comply with federal law,\u201d Ayotte said. \u201cBut my position has been, and continues to be, that we should not legalize marijuana in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n Image element courtesy of Kristie Gianopulos<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n The post New Hampshire Lawmakers Announce Plans For Marijuana, Psychedelics And Hemp Bills For 2026 Session<\/a> appeared first on Marijuana Moment<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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