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The US Virgin Islands could be moving toward marijuana legalization, but New Hampshire isn't--at least for now.
The New Hampshire Senate is not ready to go further with legal pot or expanding medical marijuana. (CC)
New Hampshire Senate Committee Votes to Kill Marijuana Legalization Bill. The Democratically-led Senate Judiciary Committee voted Tuesday to effectively kill a House-approved bill, HB 481, that would have legalized marijuana. The committee recommended that the full Senate send the bill to interim study, a polite way of killing it. If the Senate approves the recommendation next year, legalization backers would have to start over in 2021.
US Virgin Islands Ponders Marijuana Legalization. Gov. Albert Bryan is considering legalizing marijuana as a means of propping up the government employees' pension system with an estimated $20 a year in annual pot tax revenues. He is moving to add recreational legalization to a medical marijuana bill that is already being considered by lawmakers. Marijuana taxes would be set at a whopping 30%, expungement would be included, and so would language recognizing Rastararians' sacramental use.
Medical Marijuana
New Hampshire Senate Committee Votes to Kill Medical Marijuana Expansion. The Senate Health and Human Services Committee voted 3-1 to recommend killing SB 175, which would dramatically expand the number of patients who could receive medical marijuana. Currently, only people with a handful of qualifying conditions are eligible for medical marijuana.
Employment
Federal Agency Issues Policy to Improve Hiring Conditions for People With Drug Convictions. The National Credit Union Administration has adopted a new policy that makes it easier for people with past drug convictions and other simple crimes to be employed by credit unions. Under the old policy, anyone with a past criminal offense was barred "from participating in the affairs of an insured credit union," but now, exemptions have been carved out for a number of minor offenses including simple drug possession. "Offering second chances to those who are truly penitent is consistent with our nation's shared values of forgiveness and redemption," the NCUA said.
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Fascist bigots on parade in New Hampshire
Let 'em eat prescription opiates, let 'em drink booze, if that ain't good enough for you, you're a 'criminal' in NH and they couldn't care less what the majority thinks, that doesn't matter in a DICTATORSHIP which is what NH and most other states are when it comes to cannabis.
Offering second chances to those who are truly penitent...
Truly penitent for using cannabis???: Get a grip, NCUA, no self-respecting cannabis user is penitent, but the stinking government sure should be, for all the death and destruction prohibition has wrecked on us.
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