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A bill that would allow qualified patients and their caregivers to grow their own marijuana for medical use sailed through the House yesterday on a vote of 227-73 with no debate. Under the bill, which now heads to the Senate, any person registered with the state to use medical marijuana would be allowed to grow their own if they live more than 30 miles from a dispensary. New Hampshire's dispensaries have not yet been set up, and the bill would permit anyone who qualifies to grow marijuana until the sites open. Last month, the attorney general's office advised the state not to issue identification cards required to use medical marijuana until the dispensaries open.
This home-grow bill places limits on how much marijuana a person or their caregiver can grow. They may cultivate and posses no more than 6 ounces of usable cannabis, one flowering plant, one nonflowering plant and six seedlings with a total canopy of no more than 48 square feet. Registered caregivers must be 21 years of age and would be subject to the same restrictions. A caregiver could grow marijuana for only one designated patient, according to the bill.
The grow-your-own component was part of the medical marijuana legislation that passed the House last year. But the Senate removed it after Gov. Maggie Hassan, a Democrat, said she would veto a bill that allowed for patients to grow their own marijuana. Hassan's spokesman Marc Goldberg said yesterday that her position has not changed. The bill also expands the medical marijuana law to include people suffering from epilepsy, lupus and Parkinson's disease. Under the law passed last year, people with a variety of medical conditions including cancer, AIDS, HIV and multiple sclerosis may use medical marijuana.
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Source: Concordmonitor.com
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Website: N.H. House passes grow-your-own medical marijuana bill | Concord Monitor
This home-grow bill places limits on how much marijuana a person or their caregiver can grow. They may cultivate and posses no more than 6 ounces of usable cannabis, one flowering plant, one nonflowering plant and six seedlings with a total canopy of no more than 48 square feet. Registered caregivers must be 21 years of age and would be subject to the same restrictions. A caregiver could grow marijuana for only one designated patient, according to the bill.
The grow-your-own component was part of the medical marijuana legislation that passed the House last year. But the Senate removed it after Gov. Maggie Hassan, a Democrat, said she would veto a bill that allowed for patients to grow their own marijuana. Hassan's spokesman Marc Goldberg said yesterday that her position has not changed. The bill also expands the medical marijuana law to include people suffering from epilepsy, lupus and Parkinson's disease. Under the law passed last year, people with a variety of medical conditions including cancer, AIDS, HIV and multiple sclerosis may use medical marijuana.
News Moderator - The General @ 420 MAGAZINE ®
Source: Concordmonitor.com
Author: Kathleen Ronyane
Contact: Contact-us
Website: N.H. House passes grow-your-own medical marijuana bill | Concord Monitor
