STICKING AROUND DESPITE OPPOSITION FROM THE NEW GOVERNOR. CANNABIS LEGALIZATION IS LIKELY GOING NOWHERE THIS SESSION AT THE STATEHOUSE, WITH THE GOVERNOR IN THE CORNER OFFICE WHO IS FIRMLY AGAINST CHANGING THE STATUS QUO. BUT THE ISSUE CONTINUES. A SLOW BURN IN THE LEGISLATURE. THURSDAY, THE NEW HAMPSHIRE SENATE DEADLOCKED IN A 1212 VOTE OVER A BILL TO LEGALIZE HOME CULTIVATION OF CANNABIS FOR QUALIFYING PATIENTS AND CAREGIVERS. CANNABIS REMAINS COST PROHIBITIVE FOR MANY CHRONICALLY ILL INDIVIDUALS, ESPECIALLY SINCE IT IS NOT COVERED BY INSURANCE, WITH ONLY A HANDFUL OF ALTERNATIVE TREATMENT CENTERS CURRENTLY OPERATING IN THE STATE, ACCESS IS VERY LIMITED. WHILE SOME REPUBLICANS BACKED THE HOME GROWN LEGISLATION, MOST OF THE MAJORITY CAUCUS STOOD IN OPPOSITION. THEY SAY, ALLOWING PATIENTS TO POSSESS UP TO EIGHT OUNCES OF CANNABIS IS TOO HIGH. THE EIGHT OUNCE POSSESSION LIMIT WOULD APPLY EVEN IF YOU’RE NOT ACTUALLY GROWING. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS ACTUALLY JUST GET THE THE CARD SAYING YOU’RE ALLOWED TO GROW, AND THEN QUALIFIED PATIENTS ARE ALLOWED TO THEN TRANSFER CANNABIS AMONGST OTHER QUALIFIED PATIENTS. AFTER THE TIE VOTE, THE SENATE TABLED THE BILL. IT ALSO ACTED QUICKLY TO SIDELINE A BILL PASSED BY THE HOUSE THAT WOULD HAVE LEGALIZED POSSESSION AND USE OF MARIJUANA FOR AGES 21 AND UP, WITH NO STATE REGULATION. NINE STATE SENATORS VOTED AGAINST TABLING THAT LEGISLATION. THIS LAYS THE FOUNDATION FOR A FAIR AND RESPONSIBLE CANNABIS MARKET, AND THAT DOES NOT ALLOW US TO IGNORE THE INJUSTICE THAT HAS PERSISTED FOR FAR TOO LONG. THERE IS ANOTHER HOUSE LEGALIZATION BILL NOW ON ITS WAY TO THE SENATE FLOOR. IT COULD END UP MEETING A SIMILAR FATE, BUT THESE BILLS ARE LIKELY TO KEEP COMING BACK JUST BY POPULAR DEMAND. THE CITIZENS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE ARE DEMANDING ACTION O