New Hampshire’s House of Representatives on Thursday approved bills that would reduce criminal penalties around psilocybin possession and legalize home cannabis cultivation by state-registered medical marijuana patients. But the proposals now head to the Senate, which has rejected nearly every drug reform proposal that’s come before it this session.
On Thursday evening, for example, senators scuttled another reform bill, voting to table HB 528, from Rep. Kevin Verville (R), which would have decriminalized psilocybin, making a first possession offense punishable by a $100 civil fine.
Under that proposal, which had passed the House of Representatives in March, a first psilocybin offense would be a violation, subject to a fine of $100 or less. Second and third psilocybin offenses would be class B misdemeanors, carrying fines of up to $500 and $1,000, respectively, but with no risk of jail time. Fourth and subsequent offenses would remain classified as felonies.
After its passage by the House, a Senate panel attached an amendment to set mandatory minimum sentences for certain fentanyl-related offenses and for distribution of drugs that result in a user’s death. Sponsor Verville told Marijuana Moment he saw the fentanyl provision as a “fair trade in an effort to finally get
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