CONCORD — The 2024 campaign to legalize recreational use of marijuana cleared its first major hurdle, with the House of Representatives giving it initial approval Thursday.
Some lawmakers in Concord are comparing it to the movie "Groundhog Day," saying that when it comes to marijuana legalization in New Hampshire, they're hung up on the same issues, over and over.
The House Commerce and Consumer Affairs Committee voted ought to pass on a bill that would legalize marijuana for Granite Staters. HB 1633 would put in place “procedures for the legalization, regulation, and taxation of cannabis” and “the licensing and regulation of cannabis establishments.”
On Wednesday, Portsmouth’s deepening dusk made it increasingly difficult to see the faces of the endless queue of muttering Donald Trump supporters who were worried his campaign would leave them—literally—out in the cold.Ever conscious of New Hampshire’s importance to the national primary process, and of the potential threat of a primary upset by Republican rival Nikki Haley, several hundred people had come to hear Trump speak at the Sheraton Portsmouth Harborside Hotel. But the ballroom held a