A top Wisconsin lawmaker says that Republicans plan to introduce a medical marijuana bill as early as this summer. But he emphasized that it will be unlike any existing medical cannabis law in the country, strongly signaling that it will be significantly restrictive.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R) said on Tuesday that a group of nine GOP members “have been regularly meeting to come up with ideas,” focusing on drafting legislation that avoids setting the state up to more broadly legalize cannabis.
“I can’t see any scenario where I would support legalizing recreational marijuana. I just don’t see it. I see no benefit,” he said. “But I will say that, traditionally, I think Republicans had been more opposed to all marijuana in general. There are still plenty—but more people are at least open-minded to say, ‘if we’re going to deal with the opioid crisis and you can have medicinal marijuana in a way that does not lead to recreational, why would we not try it?’”
Democratic lawmakers have been skeptical about the reported efforts by GOP colleagues to advance medical cannabis reform in the state. Gov. Tony Evers (D) and Senate Minority Leader Melissa Agard (D) have been among those
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