{"id":2862,"date":"2026-06-16T15:33:45","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T15:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=2862"},"modified":"2026-06-16T15:33:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T15:33:45","slug":"governor-ayotte-vetoes-bipartisan-bill-to-expand-cultivation-of-medicinal-marijuana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=2862","title":{"rendered":"Governor Ayotte vetoes bipartisan bill to expand cultivation of medicinal marijuana"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Governor Kelly Ayotte quashed a bipartisan effort to make medicinal marijuana more affordable and available in New Hampshire.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Senate Bill 468, sponsored by Loudon Republican Senator Howard Pearl, would allow medicinal marijuana dispensaries to have their own greenhouse on site. The idea is to increase supply and lower prices. Each dispensary would be limited to one greenhouse to grow their own cannabis. Ayotte vetoed the bill on June 12. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI do not support expanding the cultivation of marijuana in our state,\u201d she wrote in her veto statement. \u201cFor this reason, I have vetoed SB 468.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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New Hampshire legalized marijuana for medical use in 2013 while Maggie Hassan was governor. The law 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\u2019re all operated by one of four nonprofit \u201calternative treatment centers.\u201d New Hampshire residents need a medical marijuana card issued by a physician to shop at any of them.<\/span><\/p>\n

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