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The Urban Hippie: ‘Dave’s not here, man.’

Thursday, May 7, 2026

I enjoyed the exploration of this new green world and felt I had found the strains that worked for me when an opportunity to work in the industry presented itself. After I started working at a dispensary I learned so much more about cannabis all of its compounds and various delivery methods. I was so impressed with the training that we received and our on-site pharmacist was very knowledgeable not only of cannabis but other medications as she came from the retail pharmacy industry.

In 2025, New Hampshire made no movement on marijuana

Tuesday, December 30, 2025Monday, December 29, 2025

At the start of 2025, fresh off an election that snuffed any hopes of legalizing recreational marijuana in New Hampshire, advocates turned toward the plant’s medical use.

Nov. 22: Out of the Shadows, into the Light – NH’s first Cannabis Conference

Wednesday, November 19, 2025

The NH Therapeutic Cannabis Program has been operating with little fanfare and minimal public attention since it began serving patients in 2016. This year, we look forward to bringing this program out of the shadows and into the light at New Hampshire’s inaugural Cannabis Conference.

The Soapbox: The High Hurdle of Grass

Sunday, February 23, 2025

We’ve always been a ‘One Off’ state. No insurance required, no helmet law, we don’t have ‘meaningful’ gun safety laws. Why then, all the fluff (and it is fluff – a pissing contest in our state house) over marijuana laws or lack of them?

New Hampshire House passes cannabis legalization, but enthusiasm lags

Friday, February 21, 2025

The bill in question, House Bill 75, does not attempt to create an elaborate structure of taxation, retail authorization, state-led product testing, or enforcement, unlike past efforts. Instead, the bill simply makes cannabis use and possession legal for all people in New Hampshire 21 and older, and removes any existing reference to cannabis from the state’s drug laws.

To legalize (marijuana) or not to legalize, that is the question

Sunday, January 5, 2025Sunday, January 5, 2025

With the 2025 legislative session starting on Wednesday and the inauguration of Governor-elect Kelly Ayotte on Thursday, work will begin on the almost 1,000 bills set to be voted on.

New Hampshire’s Therapeutic Cannabis Program expands

Friday, August 9, 2024

Story Produced by the Concord Monitor, a Member of Multiple bills to expand New Hampshire’s Therapeutic Cannabis Program weathered a

House kills cannabis legalization after failed compromise with Senate

Friday, June 14, 2024

The New Hampshire House struck down a bill to legalize cannabis Thursday, in a dramatic end for a bill that exposed deep disagreements between the House and Senate.

Cannabis legalization set for negotiations after frustrations among House supporters

Monday, June 10, 2024Friday, May 31, 2024

The New Hampshire House voted Thursday to send a marijuana legalization bill to further negotiations, after cannabis supporters voiced deep frustrations with changes to the bill by the Senate.

Key members of House threaten to vote against cannabis bill after Senate changes

Saturday, June 15, 2024Wednesday, May 22, 2024

When the New Hampshire Senate began its lengthy deliberations over marijuana legalization Thursday, sunlight spilled through the chamber’s high windows. By the end, night had fallen. The result was a threshold moment: After hours of debates and amendments, the New Hampshire Senate voted for the first time to legalize the possession, sale, and taxation of cannabis.

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