The bill – sponsored by Reps. Jamie Callender, a Lake County Republican, and Casey Weinstein, a Hudson Democrat – is similar to a bill Callender introduced in 2021, which died in the previous two-year session of the state legislature.
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-People can grow up to six marijuana plants per household, with three or fewer being mature, flowering plants. Cultivation would have to be in an enclosed, locked place. The marijuana would have to be for personal use and not available or sale.“Our bill is an expansion of the medical program,” Callender said. “All of the product would be grown, inspected and labeled the same way it is now in the medical program.
But Callender said he will press on the leaders that the initiated statute could become law if the legislature doesn’t address the issue first.
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