After witnessing a blowout loss in Oklahoma on Tuesday, advocates of adult-use marijuana legalization are turning their attention to brighter prospects in Hawaii and Delaware.
Legalization bills are marching through legislatures in both states, with support from the governor in Hawaii and a veto-proof legislative majority in Delaware, where lawmakers in the state House on Thursday advanced an adult-use legalization bill for the first time.
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However, observers cautioned final passage isn’t assured in either state.
The two relatively small states could deliver welcome wins in a year when federal reform appears blocked in Congress and progress in bigger states such as Ohio and Pennsylvania is still uncertain.
However, political roadblocks in both states could push adult-use legalization to 2024.
Both Hawaii and Delaware have Democratic trifectas, where Democrats control the governorships and both chambers of the legislatures.
The same political alignment exists in Minnesota, where an adult-use
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