The New Hampshire House approved a group of bills expanding the state's therapeutic cannabis program – as lawmakers continue to grapple with whether to legalize cannabis for everyone.
The chamber voted to pass House Bill 1278, a bill to add debilitating or terminal conditions to the list of qualifications for using therapeutic cannabis, also known as medical cannabis. In a separate vote, the House approved House Bill 1349, which allows those with generalized anxiety disorder to be part of the therapeutic cannabis program.
Both bills would require the patient to obtain a recommendation from a medical provider that they be prescribed medical cannabis. The House also approved a bill to increase the amount of cannabis a medical cannabis patient can possess at one time. House Bill 1350 would raise the limit from 2 ounces to 4. Currently, the state's cannabis decriminalization law allows people to possess up to three-quarters of an ounce.
And the House passed House Bill 1581, which would create an opportunity for the state's alternative treatment centers to create greenhouses. The centers cultivate and distribute the state's therapeutic cannabis; the bill would require them to receive permission from the Department of Health and Human Services, which regulates medical cannabis.
Read more at newhampshirebulletin.com