Concord, NH: Senate lawmakers fell two votes shy of the two-thirds support necessary to override the veto of a bill that sought to allow for the limited use of medical marijuana by state-authorized patients.
Senators voted 14 to 10 on Wednesday in favor of overriding a July veto by Democrat Gov. John Lynch, who argued that any use of marijuana was in violation of federal law. Supporters of the bill needed 16 Senate votes to override the Governor’s veto.
The House had previously voted 240 to 115 to override the Governor.
If passed, New Hampshire would have become the fourteenth state since 1996 to enact legislation allowing for the use of medical marijuana by state-qualified patients.
New Hampshire’s law would have been the most restrictive of any state that has enacted medical marijuana legislation.
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