A Wisconsin GOP-led medical marijuana legalization bill is effectively dead for the session, according to the top Republican lawmaker in the Assembly who unveiled the proposal for the first time just last month.
At the same time, Wisconsin Democratic lawmakers are seeking to attach a separate, broader medical cannabis legalization amendment to a kratom regulations bill that’s set to be taken up on the Assembly floor.
When it comes to the more limited Republican marijuana bill, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R) said that the GOP-controlled Senate “wants to have a more liberal version than the one that we’re willing to pass,” and so that “probably doesn’t leave us enough time with the waning days of the session” to advance the bill he touted for months in his chamber.
Vos said there will still be public hearings on the legislation—which proposes a strictly limited program permitting select patients to access non-smokable cannabis products at state-run dispensaries—but that won’t happen until after the Assembly adjourns for the year next week.
“Unfortunately, people from the very beginning have said that they have concerns that this will lead to widespread recreational marijuana,” he said at a press conference on Thursday. “And many of my
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