Last-minute tinkering from New Hampshire’s Republican governor has disrupted lawmakers’ plans to legalize adult-use marijuana in the state.
Though Gov. Chris Sununu instructed the Legislature earlier this year to craft a consensus plan for how to set up regulated and taxed marijuana sales, he issued some 11th-hour mandates before a state commission ended its work Monday with no consensus recommendation, according to Manchester TV station WMUR.
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Sununu’s office said the governor would veto any plan that did not:
Limit retail sales to 15 franchised outlets statewide. Ban any lobbying or political contributions from state licensees.
“The governor has been clear that any system meets his outlined framework – or be met with a veto,” the governor’s office said in a statement to the TV station.
The lawmakers were “taken back” by the governor’s late directions, WMUR reported, but Sununu was firm.
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