Post by Logan on Jun 3, 2016 6:49:47 GMT -6
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Marijuana legalization advocates were at the State House Thursday calling on General Assembly leaders to finally allow a vote on the issue.
Leaders from Regulate Rhode Island, the local arm of the Marijuana Policy Project, delivered a petition with more than 1,300 signatures to House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello and Senate President M. Teresa Paiva Weed.
The petition sites a recent Brown University poll showing that 55 percent of Rhode Islanders support passing a law to legalize and tax marijuana, and calls on the General Assembly to allow votes on two identical bills — H7752 and S2420 — which would legalize the drug.
Marijuana legalization bills have been introduced every year since 2011, but none have ever seen floor vote or even a committee vote in either chamber. The bills are consistently "held for further study," an action taken by committees of lawmakers when they're not ready to vote on an issue and continue to consider testimony.
Read more: www.providencejournal.com/news/20160602/marijuana-advocates-demand-vote-on-legalization
Leaders from Regulate Rhode Island, the local arm of the Marijuana Policy Project, delivered a petition with more than 1,300 signatures to House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello and Senate President M. Teresa Paiva Weed.
The petition sites a recent Brown University poll showing that 55 percent of Rhode Islanders support passing a law to legalize and tax marijuana, and calls on the General Assembly to allow votes on two identical bills — H7752 and S2420 — which would legalize the drug.
Marijuana legalization bills have been introduced every year since 2011, but none have ever seen floor vote or even a committee vote in either chamber. The bills are consistently "held for further study," an action taken by committees of lawmakers when they're not ready to vote on an issue and continue to consider testimony.
Read more: www.providencejournal.com/news/20160602/marijuana-advocates-demand-vote-on-legalization