New Hampshire senators have rejected a House-passed bill to legalize marijuana in the state.
Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on HB 186 from Rep. Jared Sullivan (D) on Tuesday, debating the merits as legislators again push to end prohibition similar to how neighboring states have already done. After taking testimony, however, the panel voted 2-1 to deem the measure “inexpedient to legislate.”
The bill cleared the House last month on a 208-135 vote.
“This gives a really good framework for how we would regulate the sale of cannabis and cannabis products in the state,” Sullivan told senators before the committee vote.
“I understand that this is not a popular idea among many members, but I would say that it is a very popular idea among most people in the state,” he said. “The most recent poll that I was able to find was 70 percent of people in the state want to legalize, including 55 percent of Republicans. I think it’s time that we do the work that people want us to do and fall in line with what most places in this country are now doing.”
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