The New Hampshire Senate on Thursday voted down the Home-approved hashish legalization invoice by a 14-10 margin, the New Hampshire Bulletin reviews. The vote was largely throughout social gathering strains and got here after the chamber’s Judiciary Committee opposed the measure as “inexpedient to legislate.”
Democratic Sen. Lou D’Allesandro, the chamber’s longest-serving member, voted towards the invoice whereas Republican Sen. Keith Murphy voted in favor.
“It could say to our kids that marijuana is protected and could possibly be used with out dangerous penalties and nothing could possibly be farther from the reality.” — D’Allesandro throughout Thursday’s debate by way of New Hampshire Public Radio
Lawmakers opposing the measure cited the state’s ongoing opioid disaster, visitors security, the invoice’s public consumption provisions, and potential impact on youngsters as causes they opposed the reforms. Proponents argued that New Hampshire adults are already consuming hashish, that legalization would result in multimillions of {dollars} in tax revenues for the state, and that polling exhibits a majority of New Hampshire adults again the reforms – a College of New Hampshire ballot from February discovered 71% of residents help broad hashish legalization.
Through the debate, Democratic Sen. Becky Whitley argued that it’s “simple” that “youth already use marijuana” and that legalization would result in a “lower in that use.”
The state Home has handed earlier legalization payments just for them to be rejected, or not thought of, by the Senate. Republican Gov. Chris Sununu has lengthy opposed the reforms however stated final yr he may see signing the “proper” laws.
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