New Hampshire Cannabis News

New Hampshire lawmakers have dropped their efforts to legalize cannabis via a state-control model that was backed by Gov. Chris Sununu, who generally opposes legalization.

The New Hampshire Senate voted to create a commission to study implementing an adult-use cannabis legalization process that would put dispensaries under state control.

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R), who opposes general cannabis legalization, said he would sign a legalization proposal into law if the bill included government control of sales, like how the state handles liquor sales.

The New Hampshire Senate voted 14-10 on Thursday to reject a House-approved cannabis legalization proposal.

Lawmakers in the New Hampshire Senate Judiciary Committee voted 3-2 to kill the state’s adult-use cannabis legalization bill. The proposal was already passed by the House.

New Hampshire Senate President Jeb Bradley (R) said the chamber is unlikely to approve the adult-use legalization bill passed last week by the House, saying he thinks it’s unwise to pass the reforms “in the middle of a drug crisis.”

The New Hampshire House voted this week to legalize adult-use cannabis. It was the body’s third such measure and the bill moves next to the Senate, which has never previously passed the reforms.

Bipartisan lawmakers in New Hampshire’s House of Representatives are set to propose another cannabis legalization bill but the proposal could face opposition in the Senate and from Republican Gov. Chris Sununu.

The New Hampshire Cannabis Party has endorsed candidates in the upcoming midterm elections who they believe will support cannabis legalization.

Two bills to legalize cannabis were defeated in the New Hampshire Senate on Thursday, likely the last opportunity for enacting the reforms this year.

The New Hampshire Senate Ways and Means Committee voted unanimously against a bill that seeks to legalize adult-use cannabis and put the state liquor commission in charge of regulating the industry.

The New Hampshire House of Representatives has voted to legalize cannabis with the provision that the state liquor commission regulates the plant’s cultivation and sale.

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) said that he doesn’t think it is the right time to legalize cannabis in the state because they are just getting the opioid crisis under control.

Under a recent New Hampshire Supreme Court ruling, the use of medical cannabis could be allowed as a workplace accommodation for people with disabilities.

The New Hampshire House of Representatives passed a bill to legalize personal cannabis possession and cultivation.

Three New Hampshire legislators have filed separate proposals to put adult-use cannabis constitutional amendment questions on the 2022 ballot.

New Hampshire House lawmakers have approved legislation for the third time in as many years to legalize adult-use cannabis; the proposal, however, stops short of regulating commercial sales.

2020 could be a momentous year for legalization in New England, with sweeping cannabis reforms currently being considered in Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Vermont.

Separate New Hampshire Senate committees have pushed back against cannabis reform legislation, effectively killing the state’s legalization opportunities for 2020.

New Hampshire lawmakers have blocked a governor veto against medical cannabis expansions in the state; the veto would have cemented the state’s three-month waiting period before approved cannabis patients could access their medicine.

Registered patients in New Hampshire would be allowed go grow 3 immature, 6 mature, and 12 seedlings after registering with the state under the bill.

A bill that would legalize home growing for medical cannabis patients has successfully passed the New Hampshire House of Representatives.

Another state Supreme Court has ruled that medical cannabis treatments should be covered by workers compensation insurance.

The legalization bill now advances to the Senate but Republican Gov. Chris Sununu has already promised to veto the legislation if it were to reach his desk.