New Hampshire Medical Marijuana News
Marijuana legalization through state legislatures heated up in 2021, and that trend likely will continue this year as lawmakers in several states are expected to legalize either recreational or medical cannabis.
New Hampshire’s Republican-controlled House of Representatives narrowly rejected a bill to legalize recreational marijuana sales, as the state remains one of the only holdouts in New England.
Medical marijuana patient numbers in New Hampshire and Rhode Island have stalled recently as the recreational holdouts become surrounded by new adult-use markets.
A few years ago, many marijuana companies wanted to branch out into as many U.S. state markets as possible. But since the 2019 collapse of cannabis stocks and the retreat of investors, many companies have become much pickier about where they spend their often-scarce resources for expansion.
Some African-American aldermen in Chicago are concerned that the legalization of recreational marijuana in Illinois on Jan. 1 will give white retail store owners an advantage.
