marijuana

The vote to reject the plan favored by Gov. Chris Sununu could dampen the chances of legalization passing this year.

Some of the plan's original House sponsors say the Senate's changes went too far.

Alcohol is still more widely used, but 2022 was the first time this intensive level of marijuana use overtook high-frequency drinking, said the study's author, Jonathan Caulkins, a cannabis policy researcher at Carnegie Mellon University.

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.

The legislation would establish procedures for legalization, regulation and taxation of cannabis.

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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.

If the proposal becomes law, New Hampshire would join the rest of New England in legalizing marijuana for recreational use.

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.