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Last Updated on Wednesday, 23 April 2008 09:08 Written by rslcpol Wednesday, 23 April 2008 09:08
The two, upstart Nashua authors of a marijuana decriminalization bill offered to restrict it to first-time offenders in hopes of overcoming the opposition of Gov. John Lynch to the House-approved measure.
Reps. Jeffrey Fontas and Andrew Edwards said this would erase fears it would be a get-out-of-jail-free card for repeat offenders and do as intended, give a young person leniency single mistake.
But the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday heard two hours of the same arguments for and against this bill that stunned political observers when the House of Representatives passed it last month on a vote of 193-141.