Marijuana Policy

GraniteLeaf Cannabis, which has a production facility in Peterborough, is one of three corporations approved by the state to grow and sell medical marijuana.

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The plan approved by Attorney General Merrick Garland does not legalize marijuana outright for recreational use. The proposed rule recognizses that cannabis has less potential for abuse than some of the nation's most dangerous drugs.

Will cannabis be legalized for recreational use in New Hampshire? House Bill 1633 is now before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Senators, House members, cannabis advocates, and representatives of the governor’s office are working to find a compromise that might please all sides – and not fall afoul of federal laws.

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey described the pardons as the most sweeping by a governor since President Joe Biden pardoned federal marijuana possession convictions and called on governors to follow suit.

Instead, the commission will issue a 37-page report that will lay out a potential model for legalization. But it won’t recommend that it become law.

New Hampshire is the lone New England state where adult-use marijuana is illegal.

Using intentional programs and policy decisions, other states are trying to empower people to cash in on the same commodity that entangled them in the criminal justice system.

This latest plan was tailored to satisfy Gov. Chris Sununu, who now says he could support legalization this year.

The announcement came less than 24 hours after the state Senate rejected the latest bipartisan legalization proposal.