A number of cannabis-related payments in Indiana, together with one that might legalize an adult-use market, did not advance within the state’s Republican-controlled Legislature.
Home Invoice 1630 aimed to ascertain a regulated program and permit these 21 and older to buy, possess and devour marijuana.
Different proposals that failed, based on Indiana Capital Chronicle, included:
Establishing a medical marijuana program.
Decriminalizing possession of two ounces or much less of flower.
Banning marijuana-related commercials.
The adult-use legalization invoice, championed by advocates Protected & Regulated Indiana, was seen as an extended shot for passage contemplating that Indiana’s Home and Senate leaders are vocal critics of marijuana legalization efforts.
There was some hope new Republican Gov. Mike Braun, who was sworn in January, may change the state’s long-held coverage of prohibition.
High GOP lawmakers additionally highlighted decreasing property taxes as a precedence this session, with some bipartisan settlement that marijuana taxation may ease rising taxes for owners.
Indiana is one in every of 9 states with out a medical or adult-use marijuana legalization legislation, based on MJBizDaily analysis.
