New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) on Tuesday signed the invoice to create a hashish legalization research fee, the New Hampshire Bulletin stories. The fee will consider how, and whether or not, hashish could possibly be bought by way of state-owned outlets reasonably than non-public retailers.
Hashish use and possession is presently not authorized in New Hampshire. In 2017, the state decriminalized possession of as much as three-quarters of an oz and anybody caught with lower than which may be fined however not arrested.
Sununu, who isn’t operating for reelection subsequent 12 months, has lengthy opposed hashish legalization reforms within the state however in Could stated he would signal a legalization proposal into legislation if the invoice included authorities management of gross sales, like how the state handles liquor gross sales. Have been the state to approve such a system, New Hampshire can be the one state within the nation to promote hashish at state-run outlets. Sununu has criticized close by Maine and Massachusetts for, what he calls, “Marijuana Miles” or excessive concentrations of hashish dispensaries.
The fee will embrace 5 senators and 5 Home representatives, in addition to members representing the Lawyer Common’s Workplace; the New Hampshire Affiliation of Chiefs of Police; the New Hampshire Bankers Affiliation; the New Hampshire Liquor Fee; the American Civil Liberties Union; the New Hampshire Medical Society; and Communities for Alcohol and Drug-Free Youth. The fee can be required to seek the advice of with the state’s Different Therapy Facilities, which presently dispense medical hashish within the state, and the New Hampshire Hashish Affiliation, which has advocated for broad legalization.
Beneath the legislation, the fee should file a report with its findings and proposals by December 1.
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