Idaho Senate approves constitutional ban on legal marijuana [View all]
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Expressing firm opposition to dozens of states that have legalized marijuana in recent years, the Idaho Senate on Wednesday approved a proposed constitutional amendment that would prohibit the legalization of pot and other psychoactive drugs in the state.
The Republican-dominated Senate just barely mustered the two-thirds needed to pass the measure with a 24-11 vote.
If the House approves the legislation with the required two-thirds majority, it would go before voters to decide in 2022, where it would need a simple majority.
Republicans have super-majorities in the two chambers. Some Republican senators said they voted in favor of the amendment to simply allow voters to decide.
Read more: https://www.gazettetimes.com/news/state-and-regional/idaho-senate-approves-constitutional-ban-on-legal-marijuana/article_d7270d63-9a2d-5f00-9877-23b43210fbc6.html
(Corvallis Gazette-Times)
= new reply since forum marked as read
