Lawmakers in New Hampshire this week held preliminary hearings on a handful of new cannabis-related bills, including proposals to legalize adult-use marijuana, allow home cultivation by medical patients and caregivers and annul records around certain past crimes.
On Thursday, the House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee considered five bills on the issue. That followed a separate Wednesday hearing on another five bills in the House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs Committee.
Notably, both of the separate legalization plans considered would allow only personal use and possession instead of seeking to establish regulated commercial cannabis markets.
HB 198, led by Rep. Jared Sullivan (D), would legalize the use and possession of up to two ounces of cannabis flower by adults 21 and older, and up to 10 grams of cannabis concentrate.
“Many people in our society have grown to accept the consumption of cannabis by responsible adults, but it remains illegal in New Hampshire,” Sullivan told the Criminal Justice and Safety Committee. At the same time, he said, lawmakers in the state have repeatedly tripped over the “stumbling block” of how to regulate a commercial cannabis industry.
“The goal of this is simply to legalize this and allow for
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