Legislative effort to legalize recreational marijuana in New Hampshire dies
The New Hampshire Senate, as expected, rejected a recreational marijuana legalization bill that would have created state-run stores.
New Hampshire Medical Marijuana News
The New Hampshire Senate, as expected, rejected a recreational marijuana legalization bill that would have created state-run stores.
A New Hampshire Senate committee rejected a bill that would legalize recreational marijuana sales, but only at state-owned stores.
More than a half-dozen states remain in play to potentially legalize medical or recreational marijuana through their legislatures this year, with much of the activity focused along the East Coast.
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.