Defying political expectations, House and Senate negotiators signed off on a deal to legalize recreational marijuana in New Hampshire, making the Granite State the last New England state to allow legal weed.
“I’m going to vote against it, but I am going to sign it,” Senate President Jeb Bradley, the upper chamber’s lead negotiator, told his House co-conferees after a deal was reached just hours before the general court’s deadline.
After the deal was complete, Dr. Kevin Sabet, president of the anti-legalization organization Smart Approaches to Marijuana Action (SAM), issued a statement condemning New Hampshire for “succumb[ing] to the lie that more stoned people will help their states.”
“A state-operated commercial market, while not full-scale commercialization, still only serves the interest of Big Pot and its Big Tobacco, Alcohol, and Pharma investors,” Sabet claimed.
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