GET ME REWRITE: Wisconsin GOP white male legislative leaders continue to freak out over legal marijuana

 

Photos:  Wisconsin Senate, Wisconsin  Assem/bly

Headline: Wisconsin State Journal, 8/14/2023

Under reasonable proposals by Democrats including Gov. Tony Evers, only adults 21 years and older could purchase recreational marijuana in Wisconsin. State residents could possess no more than 2 ounces and six plants for personal use, with tighter restrictions on nonresidents. Motorists would be forbidden from driving while high.   

Tribal governments in Minnesota appear well positioned to be the first sellers of legal cannabis there. Private companies will eventually join the market. Wisconsin should draft a licensing system to ensure a fair and open market for a diversity of entrepreneurs. 

More than two-thirds of respondents to a statewide Marquette University poll last year favored legal marijuana for recreational use, while fewer than a quarter were opposed. 

GOP lawmakers should listen to their constituents, legalize small amounts of the drug and put the tax receipts to work here in Wisconsin. [emphasis added]

100% support for legalization among the Democratic leadership.

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