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Ayotte vetoes a bill to expand cultivation of medicinal marijuana

Ayotte vetoes a bill to expand cultivation of medicinal marijuana

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CONCORD N.H.- Gov. Kelly Ayotte has vetoed a bipartisan effort to make medicinal marijuana more affordable and available in New Hampshire.

Senate Bill 468, would allow medicinal marijuana dispensaries to have their own greenhouse on site with a goal of increasing supply and lowering prices.

In 2013 New Hampshire legalized marijuana for medical use, which limits people to two ounces of marijuana and allows only a designated group of providers.

The only dispensaries in the state are in Chichester, Conway, Dover, Keene, Lebanon, Merrimack, and Plymouth, and they’re all operated by one of four nonprofits.

New Hampshire remains the only New England state to not legalize recreational marijuana.

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