{"id":1460,"date":"2013-03-19T07:15:36","date_gmt":"2013-03-19T07:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/?p=20741"},"modified":"2013-03-19T07:15:36","modified_gmt":"2013-03-19T07:15:36","slug":"new-hamphire-set-to-overhaul-marijuana-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/new-hamphire-set-to-overhaul-marijuana-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"New Hamphire Set to Overhaul Marijuana Laws"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/new-hamphire-set-to-overhaul-marijuana-laws\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/new-hampshire.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"new hampshire\" title=\"new hampshire\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-20742\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/new-hamphire-set-to-overhaul-marijuana-laws\/attachment\/new-hampshire\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-20742\" title=\"new hampshire\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/new-hampshire-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>The road to sensible marijuana reform has been long and windy for activists.\u00a0 Decades of frustration has now given way to frequent victories.\u00a0 Colorado and Washington may have altered the conversation permanently.\u00a0 After the 2012 election, decriminalization and legalization are no longer a fringe issues.<\/p>\n<p>Another state appears ready to join the marijuana reform movement.\u00a0 New Hampshire lawmakers are considering two new marijuana bills.\u00a0 One bill would legalize medical marijuana while the second bill would decriminalize up to one ounce of marijuana.\u00a0 New Hampshire would become the 19<sup>th<\/sup> state to allow the medical use of cannabis if they pass the bill.\u00a0 There have been attempts to create a medical marijuana program in New Hampshire over the past few years.<\/p>\n<p>Although previous bills have failed, many in New Hampshire are confident that the political situation is different this time around.\u00a0 Momentum has shifted across the country as public support for marijuana reform has reached an all-time high.\u00a0 Matt Simon, of Marijuana Policy Project, is feeling confident that New Hampshire lawmakers are poised to finally pass major marijuana reform laws.\u00a0 He recently said \u201cThere is an increasing appetite in the House for reforms, and I would say that appetite goes beyond therapeutic use.\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jeb_Bradley\" target=\"_blank\">Republican State Senator, Jeb Bradley<\/a>, feels less optimistic about a decriminalization bill surviving the political process.\u00a0 However, Senator Bradley did mention that he thought a medical marijuana was likely to pass.<\/p>\n<p>Even if New Hampshire does not see further reform beyond legalizing medical marijuana at this time, it is starting to seem as if it is only a matter of time.\u00a0 The public pressure is on as many Americans would like to see an end to unnecessary incarcerations and money wasted on by law enforcement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/new-hampshire.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"new hampshire\" title=\"new hampshire\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-20742\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/new-hamphire-set-to-overhaul-marijuana-laws\/attachment\/new-hampshire\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-20742\" title=\"new hampshire\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/new-hampshire-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>The road to sensible marijuana reform has been long and windy for activists.\u00a0 Decades of frustration has now given way to frequent victories.\u00a0 Colorado and Washington may have altered the conversation permanently.\u00a0 After the 2012 election, decriminalization and legalization are no longer a fringe issues.<\/p>\n<p>Another state appears ready to join the marijuana reform movement.\u00a0 New Hampshire lawmakers are considering two new marijuana bills.\u00a0 One bill would legalize medical marijuana while the second bill would decriminalize up to one ounce of marijuana.\u00a0 New Hampshire would become the 19<sup>th<\/sup> state to allow the medical use of cannabis if they pass the bill.\u00a0 There have been attempts to create a medical marijuana program in New Hampshire over the past few years.<\/p>\n<p>Although previous bills have failed, many in New Hampshire are confident that the political situation is different this time around.\u00a0 Momentum has shifted across the country as public support for marijuana reform has reached an all-time high.\u00a0 Matt Simon, of Marijuana Policy Project, is feeling confident that New Hampshire lawmakers are poised to finally pass major marijuana reform laws.\u00a0 He recently said \u201cThere is an increasing appetite in the House for reforms, and I would say that appetite goes beyond therapeutic use.\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jeb_Bradley\" target=\"_blank\">Republican State Senator, Jeb Bradley<\/a>, feels less optimistic about a decriminalization bill surviving the political process.\u00a0 However, Senator Bradley did mention that he thought a medical marijuana was likely to pass.<\/p>\n<p>Even if New Hampshire does not see further reform beyond legalizing medical marijuana at this time, it is starting to seem as if it is only a matter of time.\u00a0 The public pressure is on as many Americans would like to see an end to unnecessary incarcerations and money wasted on by law enforcement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[52,166,119,1483,184,457,56,9,856,51,70,1484,1,3,173,61],"tags":[2632,2744,2697,4052,2762,3031,2636,3429,2631,5,4053,2751,6],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1460"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1460\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}