The New Hampshire House of Representatives has effectively killed bills to legalize marijuana and allow the therapeutic use of psilocybin by not bringing them up for floor votes ahead of a key deadline. Meanwhile, separate legislation on those topics has already advanced.
As legislators continue to push for a variety of drug policy reform proposals, with mixed results so far this session, the House on Thursday adjourned without bringing up scheduled measures to let voters decide on adult-use marijuana legalization as well as separate bills to end prohibition of low-level cannabis possession and give adults access to psilocybin as a novel treatment alternative.
Here’s an overview of the cannabis and psychedelics bills that were not considered by the House:
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The House failed to consider a bill from Rep. Jonah Wheeler (D) that would have put a constitutional amendment on the state ballot to let voters decide if they want to legalize marijuana for adults 21 and older, allowing them to “possess a modest amount of cannabis for their personal use.”
If enacted, the constitutional amendment would have appeared on the November state ballot.
The the text of what would have gone before voters on the November ballot under
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