Wisconsin’s Republican Senate majority leader says it’s possible that the legislature could pass a medical marijuana legalization bill in the 2025 session, though he’s cautioning that his chamber likely will not go along with a prior proposal from Assembly GOP leadership to establish state-run dispensaries.
During an interview with WISN-TV that aired on Sunday, Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu (R) weighed in on a variety of issues that lawmakers can expect to take up this year, including potential medical cannabis legislation.
“I think there are members of our caucus who are supportive of medical marijuana,” he said. However, he said the “challenge” with an Assembly reform proposal spearheaded by GOP leadership last year is its call to have the state operate dispensaries.
“I think from our caucus standpoint, and my standpoint, is just having a certain number of dispensaries run—growing the size of government—doesn’t seem to be the best way to do it,” he said.
“If a medical marijuana bill is proposed and potentially successful it’s going to have to be prescribed by a doctor, through probably a pharmacy,” LeMahieu said. “But it just can’t be a backdoor to legalizing recreational marijuana—so that will be obviously the concern of our
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