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New Hampshire committee overwhelmingly approves medical marijuana bill
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As reported by The Associated Press, New Hampshire’s medical marijuana bill was approved this morning in a 14-1 vote. A vote by the full House of Representatives could take place as soon as next Wednesday.
Please click here to contact your representatives and urge them to vote YES on HB 573!
The House Committee on Health, Human Services, and Elderly Affairs has approved similar bills before – in 2009, 2011, and 2012 – but today’s near-unanimous vote represents a major accomplishment.
Prior to the vote, Rep. Patrick Culbert (R-Pelham) made an emotional plea to his colleagues, sharing his experience caring for his wife, Judy, as she slowly died of cancer. He recounted how she found relief from her “agonizing” symptoms the sole time she tried using medical marijuana, but did not use it again because she feared being arrested.
“People like Judy shouldn’t have to die like that,” Rep. Culbert said. “She should have died with dignity and she didn’t.”
As amended, the bill would allow qualifying patients to cultivate up to three mature plants and would also allow five non-profit alternative treatment centers to serve patients’ needs. After you write your representatives, please forward this to your friends in New Hampshire.
