Feels that way.

Not all backwards states have a State Liquor Monopoly. I'm old enough to remember when it was a big deal that the state had finally allowed grocery stores to sell wine. They will use every tactic in the book to hold off full legalization as long as possible.

Why do you consider it a “backwards” state?

Keep electing Sununu and that's what's going to happen

Is there some reason why signatures cannot be gotten to get it on the ballot next election? Whether binding or not, at least the politicians will know how people stand on the issue.

Does anyone know the reasons they cannot/will not pass this as well?

When will you understand?

We are one of the backwards states.

The state wants to sell it, like they do liquor, for the $$$$ but can’t while it’s federally illegal. So it’ll remain illegal until then.

That’s my take at least. I don’t like it by any means but I’ve convinced myself this is the case

We won’t legalize until it’s federally legal lmao, plus I’m pretty sure most citizens live 30 mins from a dispensary in VT, ME, or MA

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In my opinion, NH will not legalize it until it's dropped from schedule 1 federally and the profits it generates are not at risk. At that time, they'll legalize it and sell it only at NH State Liquor stores. Legalization is a non-starter as long as Sununu is in office AND it's still on schedule 1 federally. Change either one of those, and we'll see it change in NH.

According to this, New Hampshire doesn’t allow citizen driven ballot initiatives. The only two ways of getting this done are:

1. Voting in favor of a Constitutional Convention (we just voted ‘No’ on this). Next chance is in 10 years.

2. It has to be passed by 60% in both state legislatures and presented to the public an a constitutional amendment. This would require only voting in state senators & reps who are in favor of this.

Sad to say, I’m not confident either are likely any time soon, but that doesn’t mean much, and I’ve been wrong about things plenty of times before.

Not sure how things work in NH but here in RI we couldn't get it done until the payoffs were lined up and bury political ties deep enough. Sure enough ex police chiefs, political cronies and ex-mobsters got the licenses. So we're good. Starts 1/1/23.

Too funny

Hey, at least they decriminalized it

He's incredibly insecure, and hopes that highlighting others "inadequacies" will draw attention from his own.

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Buddy's back from the grave with new weed chain Buddy's Bud Shops

Correct

Which absolutely slays me. Why do we continually elect a governor that can't decide whether to follow federal regulations or not. Legalize weed? Absolutely fucking not, it's not legal federally and they know what they're talking about. Ban assault style weapons? Absolutely fucking not, it's a violation of our rights and they have no clue what they're doing. Ban abortion? Absolutely not...well, yeah, maybe just a little bit. The federal government says it's up to me to make that decision.

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> The state wants to sell it, like they do liquor, for the $$$$ but can’t while it’s federally illegal.

Go on...you can say it. It's greed. The state and the politicians of this state don't want to make it legal until they've found a way to line their own pockets with the profits. It's not like 23 other State/Territories have figured out a way to make it work without it being legal federally or anything....

Will do! Whatever it takes to take money from you and redistribute it to the rest of the people!

Mmmmmm greedy

Just gonna hop the border and live in maine at this point

Maryland did as well

Oh no I meant by like a dozen metrics

States failing in most metrics: gun crime, education, economics… the empty states mostly, think the general Louisiana purchase areas

Haha

Stop crying and go to Maine lol

Yes, it’s like sports gambling in Massachusetts. I guess every state has to stand for one thing that’s the opposite of what all of their constituents want.

not really. Only for a first offense and for a small amount.

As a Mainer, I hope you guys do too. Trust me, you’ll feel so much better and you’ll get a little bit more tax revenue.

That has been my theory for a while as well. Once the state is allowed to sell it they’ll control the dispensaries and undercut the neighboring state prices. In the meantime it’s a pain in the ass for residents to drive across whatever border you’re closest to and buy it there.

I'd move to Maine, too, but for the Lobster, not the weed haha.

It's still illegal to grow your own though, so going to Maine, VT or anywhere is pointless.

3 offenses before it's a misdemeanor.

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The South of the North!

They won't tax it. They'll sell it in the liquor stores.

What do you mean? This state is very backwards

NH seems to be the backward state in this scenario.

I miss Buddy. He was everything and more of what people said about him but damn he had personality.

I hear the same thing about liquor but I keep seeing it cheaper in Massachusetts. I think if NH starts to sell it themselves it won’t be that much cheaper than it is else where.

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Now kiss

This states Cannabis laws are a dizasstuh. I ewrned my Mawawanna

Theres no sales tax here. What on earth is your guys obsession with taxing shit.

Dude we have a 65% tax on tobacco products, it's really not crazy to expect similar

How many times does it need to be repeated.

The state is waiting for it to be federally legal.

There's no conspiracy. There's no confusion.

That's the reason. Like it. Hate it. Whatever.

Just stop fucking being confused.

So it can be monopolized like liquor.

Wow! I see what you did there. Take my updoot.

Lol, so angry at strangers for being frustrated at a victimless crime being illegal?

And you’re flat out wrong, it is a conspiracy to not change immoral laws to benefit police/prison lobbies.

Oh enough.

This state has been Sununu'd

But Feds want to push all other issues to the states for deciding.

But we lead the nation on BOOOOOOOZE and we cannot have both, i guess.

Chris??? This you? Shouldn't you be ax throwing?

Which is taxed .....no?

I was trying to sing this in my head, on tempo, etc. !!

Apparently 😡

I just love how the Live Free or Die state won't legalize until they can literally seize the means of production/distribution like with alcohol. I'm going to start calling him "Comrade Sununu."

No ones confused about the “why” of the status quo.

“Why” is used in the rheortical sense- becuase its such a douche bag move on the part of the state.

If you need it that bad get a medical card like I did.

Some states have more opportunties and higher life expectancy. We can measure this.

💯

The weed is pretty good in ME 😬

NH just wants to monopolize weed, just like they do for booze.

And alcohol

New England's trailer park, except the southern bit.

No, it's us too. We're just the kind of nice trailer park.

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They aren’t easy to get in NH

I had zero problems.

“Backward”. Asinine

Smooth brain lefties are always confused over basic reasons

You can leave

Then Leave

Socialist love their tax. That’s why

No shit. If they don’t like it they can leave

Then leave

Like the ones in Milan and Gorham

Yet they live here.

Is that how change happens? By running away?

Hassan was also against weed legalization when she was governor.

O shut the fuck up.

You fucking leave. You are not moving your hick ass from Canada to tell other people to leave. You fucking chud.

You think NH aligns with your political beliefs, so you move here, to tell others to leave. As a NH native, you better get fucking use to the progression, because this state is dying without. facepalm

And to stay on topic, Fuck NH for penalizing citizens, to then turn around to become the drug dealers themselves. It will happen. People will NOT forget that. Hypocrites.

They are extremely easy to get.

Or we could just legalize it?

Or let’s just legalize it

No, it is not.

Lol trigger clown says what? And I’m from here bro. Nice try, bigot. Because I’m a dual citizen apparently that makes me a hick. What a trigger loser. You’re not a native. I’m a native bud. Family been in nh since the 1700’s. You’re nothing but a trigger Bostonian.

Reeeee on Reddit. Progressives failed here bud. Free staters got more seats. Cry harder

Statist always need permission. It won’t happen bud. You want parental authority then move. Nh won’t legalize it until they can monopolize it for state revenue. They know it’s a cash cow. It’s asinine to get bent out of shape and reeee on Reddit. Wait till it’s passed federally or leave because it won’t happen until then. It’s pretty basic

"It is backwards, just leave" lol

> And I’m from here bro.

You are Canadian. Said so yourself.

And before I set off to work. Shut the fuck up. Go move to Iraq.

Lmao. Yeah. I am. I have dual citizenship. Native of NH and I have my Canadian citizenship, clown

And no, you can just cry as you drive to work. Maybe you can look at other jobs out of state while you’re at it

And you can sit home, lick your cheeto fingers, play Xbox, and breathe in the copium.

Yeah, or we could just legalize it.

I would bet the state is waiting for it to be federally legal so they can sell it directly like they do with alcohol.

I wish they wouldn’t wait for that, but I would bet that’s what’s happened.

If not, why the hell is the Live Free Or Die state ticketing people for using marijuana and arresting people who sell it? We are bleeding money to MA.

I thought you were off to work? Lmfao. Yup. Just projecting. I can smell your diabetes from here.

It should be, that's the whole point of legalizing it....

Additional revenue for education and social services.

Yes? ... It's state run.
We don't add EXTRA to it so the *out of staters" think it's a sweet deal.

Name fits

Ok, bud. Why don’t you smoke a little dope and chill out about it all, huh?

The Mayor's Own

Or just legalize it….. not sure why we gotta wait lol go smoke something lmao

Yeah, you're right. We shouldn't try and improve our home, since when did anything good come from trying to improve where you live?

Or just get your weed the same way everyone has for decades… what’s the rush to let the government control it…

Don’t excuse our two former Governors now Senators, nor our two pearl clutching Congress critters. “Legal cannabis is the wrong message in a Fentanyl epidemic!” “I have secured more Federal funding for New Hampshire’s war on drugs through our partnership with the DEA.”

"Possession of more than three-quarters of an ounce in a misdemeanor
punishable by up to a year in jail and $350 in fines. Minors convicted
of any cannabis offense, including simple possession, are subject to
suspension of their driver’s licenses." https://marijuanaandthelaw.com/state-laws/new-hampshire/

More than 3/4 oz. Get 3/4 oz and call it a day. You can get caught up to three times and it will be only an infraction, not a misdemeanor.

Not for me it wasn’t

I used to live in Missouri. Nice people, nice state. No need for ignorance here.

> And you’re flat out wrong, it is a conspiracy to not change immoral laws to benefit police/prison lobbies.

Yeah no... in NH it's straight up because they want to control the means of sale just like they do in Alcohol, but doing so is risky on an item that is federally illegal.

If the liquor is not sold for cost, then it's taxed. They just call it profit rather than tax.

You sound like a jerk. Any chance we convince you to leave? Maybe we could do a GoFundMe to cover the moving costs.

Nope you’re definitely wrong here, you can still make it legal for recreational use without touching that side of the sales part, which still would help prevent innocent people being punished and put in cages for a victimless crime. You’re being manipulated by big lobbies just like the angry guy who commented above.

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I’ve found people who call the state Missouri to be lovely people, and people who call it “Missoura” to be the worst most hateful racist backwards bunch I’ve ever met. This is just from my personal experience and exposure though

backwards? have you looked at some of the ppl who live in NH?

so enlighten us, please

> you can still make it legal for recreational use without touching that side of the sales part

You can, but they don't want to, not because of wanting to keep people criminals, but because they want to capture the profit from sales. It's all about the money here. The state want to be the sole retail distributor in NH, just like they are for liquor.

Because the reason is idiotic. Why wait for the federal government to do anything to take care of an issue that states have been doing on their own for almost a decade at this point? Washington can’t even get rid daylight savings. Smooth brain right wingers be like “look at our basic excuse! What do you expect to government to do its job? Stupid leftie!”

Those people are everywhere. They're in California too. There's tons of confirmation bias when it comes to judging the south.

Id never use them to generalize a whole area though as you said, just a habit/speech pattern I’ve noticed amongst certain “like minded” individuals. Like I said, I have met plenty of people and have good friends from the state that are absolutely lovely. Same with the south

Hahaha- as I said, you’re heavily manipulated and flat out wrong here. How can you say they don’t want to keep people criminals? That’s literally happening because recreational consumption of marijuana is illegal, and could be passed separate from the racket that would be the state making corruptly awarded state run marijuana stores.

Because, at the moment, you're risking arrest, but only in the "live free" state.

And Pappas still is against legalization at a Federal level. This isn't a simple Dems/Repns thing.

Live free with a State Monopoly

And if you have the weed, presumably you eat more lobster?

And VT and people who cross over the border and by enough for the weekend.

Obama was against gay marriage for political reasons when he was elected.

We do live in the "live free or die" state, after all....seems crazy that every one of our border states has legalized it and the state where personal liberty is so important, it is illegal. LOL

They just have to tax it at lower rate than MA,ME and VT. Your biggest problem will be competing on price. I can already buy once’s for as cheap as $120 tax free in Maine and MA.

I don't want to drive an hour to Maine to buy weed. I will until its legal here.

Yea in New England, everyone just thinks those type of states are full of inbred racists. Because people in New England think they are gods gift rather than the absolute assholes that they (we) are

There is a hot foods tax in addition to what the others have said. We aren't a tax free state.

Actually I'm gonna keep inviting all of my liberal friends here to live here. Will be bluer than Massachusetts.

For you to insult a whole state like that just because your entire outlook is only about the ease of access for you to get wasted on weed is appalling. This sub is completely off the rails with the hard core leftists.

I know a lot of black Missourians who say Missoura.

Gays can’t be married. It’s a joke. Two people who biologically can not produce offspring cannot be married, simple.

You are absolute scum. Reported.

Yeah it should be legal but nobody is going after a recreational toker unless you’re driving.. it’s been illegal for so long it’s not stopping anyone.

quality is so much better plus having a wide selection vs only buds being really available, you don't have to hunt around for oils or edibles etc.

New Hampshire will be the last one to legalize weed New Hampshire’s biggest thing is the sell alcohol if you legalize weed alcohol sales will fall

You are the one that attacked me, I simply gave my opinion- one that has been historically accurate the world over since the beginning of civilization. Just because we have enacted some social experiments in the past 15 years or so, doesn’t erase history. Why do you call me names?

Lol if you’re not a statist you should be upset that the state is using it’s monopoly on violence to wage the drug for and want legalization not whining about people wanting legalization

Well no the point of legalizing it is so people stop having their lives ruined by the state for choosing what goes in their body

Legalized weed = hardcore leftists?

To be fair it is decriminalized here so I don't think you are rushing arrest unless you are DUI.

Meanwhile yall keep voting for prohibitionists. Maggie is no friend of weed nor the Balduc guy but fuck you get what ya vote for. I moved out of NH years ago one of the biggest reasons the weed laws. I did a few years in Concord for a couple zips fuck that state. Thankfully now I am just over the river and can grow freely but fuck NH is ass backwards on this one.

I'm telling I'm telling!!!!

You're free to do what you want. Just don't post it on social media, and you're generally fine.

And, did you vote yesterday?

So hypothetically anyone who is infertile shouldn't be able to get married either?

Yeah man, smokin weed is so cool man. Let’s toke up and skip work man.

I voted on Tuesday

how?

Fill out the app, have doctor fill out app verifying that it would be helpful (you can now use insomnia as a valid reason). Pay the fee, choose a dispensary. Wife did it all within a couple of weeks.

But that is a conspiracy. A conspiracy by definition is an agreement between multiple people to subvert the majority’s wishes and act in harmony toward a common end.

looks at all of Ancient Greece

Hmmm…

Wasted on weed lol

People should be able to grow it as much as they want on their own property. I can brew my own beer. I'd rather be surrounded by people who are "weed wasted" than people who are belligerently drunk off their ass, puking their brains out and getting into fist fights.

I worked in bars for a LONG TIME and I can tell you I never saw two "stoners" do anything remotely close to that. Why do you want booze instead of weed?

Whataboutism

I feel through the.comment you made that I had a pretty good judge of how you felt about marijuana in general. I would love to hear your opinion on what I said.

I do get the first part of what you're saying (and I do agree), but I don't like your stance on weed. That's all.

> Why do you call me names?

Because you are scum. Did Biden take your card board box now?

You’re NOT improving though 🤦🏻‍♂️

Naw, I’ve been in this state from the get go. We will never leave

It’s already there🤦🏻‍♂️ fuck. The answer is right in front of your face. Still can’t see it