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New Hampshire House lawmakers have given initial approval to a bill that would legalize marijuana in the state<\/a>\u2014despite expectations that it\u2019s destined to stall out in the opposite chamber or otherwise get vetoed by the governor.<\/p>\n Members of the House Commerce and Consumer Affairs Committee on Tuesday voted 10-7 to advance the proposal from Rep. Jared Sullivan (D) on Tuesday. The vote followed a work session last month at which the panel discussed the cannabis measure.<\/p>\n Part of those discussions involved acknowledgment by lawmakers that, while the House has repeatedly passed similar legalization legislation<\/a>, few anticipate that it would move in the Senate, assuming the full House approves this latest iteration. Then there\u2019s also the fact that Gov. Kelly Ayotte (R) staunchly opposes adult-use legalization.<\/p>\n Nevertheless, the committee passed the bill<\/a> without further debate. Sullivan previously said it\u2019s worth the effort, at least to force opponents to again go on record with their opposition to a policy popular among voters.<\/p>\n\n \u201cMost people in this state want it, so our job is to not make the governor\u2019s reelection campaign easier. If this turns into an issue, that\u2019s not our job,\u201d he said last month.<\/p>\n Sullivan, who is running for U.S. Senate, said in a recent interview that he would take the fight for cannabis reform to Capitol Hill if elected.<\/p>\n \u201cThe last poll I saw was in April\u201470 percent of people, including 55 percent of Republicans, want it legal in the state. We need to stop arresting people for this,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd if we could get that to happen at the federal level, all those states are falling in line, and we would stop arresting people nationwide for something that most people in this state certainly want to see legal.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe need to stop ruining people\u2019s lives because they get arrested and get charged with felonies for possession of cannabis,\u201d Sullivan said.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the same committee earlier this month advanced a separate bill to allow medical marijuana dispensaries in the state to convert from from non-profit organizations to for-profit businesses<\/a>.<\/p>\n Part of the motivation behind the\u00a0legislation\u00a0is the fact that medical marijuana dispensaries, called alternative treatment centers (ATCs) under New Hampshire law, don\u2019t qualify for federal non-profit status. But in the state, they\u2019re considered non-profit organizations, which has resulted in disproportionately increased operating costs.<\/p>\n \u2014 New Hampshire lawmakers are also 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<\/a> they plan to file next year.<\/p>\n Separately, after the House added provisions to a Senate-passed bill that would allow medical marijuana patients to grow cannabis at home, those measures were stripped in conference<\/a>.<\/p>\n The governor also said in August that her position on marijuana legalization would 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 The post New Hampshire House Lawmakers Approve Marijuana Legalization Bill<\/a> appeared first on Marijuana Moment<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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