A bipartisan bill to legalize recreational marijuana in New Hampshire passed its first big test Wednesday.
On a 234-127 vote, the House voted to advance a legalization bill to its Ways and Means Committee. Supporters hope New Hampshire will join 21 other states, including the rest of New England, in legalizing the drug, though the bill still has a long way to go.
Though several marijuana bills have cleared the House in recent years, the Senate has blocked them, and Republican Gov. Chris Sununu also has been an opponent. His office said last month he doesn’t expect new legislation to reach his desk this year with teen drug use and overdoses on the rise.
The latest effort would put the state’s Liquor Commission in charge of regulating marijuana, with a 15% tax levied at the cultivation level. Most of the tax revenue would go toward reducing the state’s pension liability and the state’s education trust fund, with some set aside substance abuse prevention programs and police training.
Rep. John Hunt, R-Rindge, invoked the state’s motto in favor of the bill.
“I want to make sure that New Hampshire citizens don’t have to go out of state to practice Live Free or Die,” he said.
He and other supporters said the bill would ensure the safety of cannabis and would allow for significant local input in the permitting and licensing of facilities. Opponents focused on the danger of teen use and noted strong opposition from the law enforcement community.
“Don’t be fooled by the addiction for profit industry that claims tax revenue will solve all our budget problems,” said Rep. Lilli Walsh, R-Hampstead. “It will change our state in unimaginable ways none of which promote the common good.”
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Fist of the North Star Vol. 12 has its moments but overall is the weakest of the releases so far
Fist of the North Star Vol. 12 has its moments but overall is the weakest of the releases so far #comics #comicbooks #manga #graphicnovel
As the years have passed, peace has come to the wasteland. But it is an unjust peace, one kept in place by the brutality of a powerful empire. Rin and Bat, having finally reunited with Kenshiro, are now freedom fighters. Along with a bounty hunter named Ein, the group faces new enemies–Falco the Golden Wolf and the cruel warlord Jako, who serve the mysterious Tentei. Falco and Jako may have whole…
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Imagine the soul of the earth gives you god-like magic to save the planet from a climate apocalypse and you just hard focus on doing necromancy with it lmao. Imagine being handed the keys to life just to close off the door and declare that you conquered death. Imagine putting the embodiment of all life in a tomb and calling her an apocalypse to come. Incredible loser behaviour tbh.
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The Entomologist's Text Book. Written and illustrated by John Obadiah Westwood. 1838.
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Goneplax rhomboides (syn:Goneplax angulata).
Astacilla longicornis (syn:Arcturus longicornis).
Limnoria lignorum (syn:Limnoria terebrans).
Pycnogonum litorale (syn:Pycnogonum balaenarum).
Julus terrestris (Common millipede)
Dysdera erythrina
Petrobius maritimus (Sea or Shore bristletail)
Haematopinus suis (Hog louse)
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Isabella and the Pot of Basil
William Holman Hunt, 1868 // Arthur Trevethin Nowell, 1904 // John William Waterhouse, 1907 // George Henry Grenville Manton, 1919
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Blooding Rite
Like Hosea had done with young Arthur, he did the same for little John on his first kill. At least John didn't use a shotgun to obliterate a rabbit.
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Fist of the North Star Vol. 11 kicks off the next exciting story
Fist of the North Star Vol. 11 kicks off the next exciting story #comics #comicbooks #graphicnovel #manga #ncbd
Years after the fall of Raoh, Kenshiro has disappeared, and Rin and Bat have grown to young adulthood. Attempting to honor Ken’s legacy, they wander the wasteland defending the defenseless. Kenshiro himself now seeks only peace, hiding himself away in an isolated settlement. Tormented by the memories of those he has lost, he tries to give up the way of the fist. But the forces of chaos are always…
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