GOP in NH Supports Legalizing Weed, Dem Gov Against

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Here's an odd one: the Republican controlled legislature in NH has passed a bill allowing those with a medical marijuana prescription to grow their own.

The Democratic governor has stated he is going to veto the bill.

But see - here is the difference (and what a lot of national news stories like this one from Reason ignore): NH Republicans are more or less libertarians. They believe in small government across the board. This means they should (and do) support a bill which lets people do whatever the hell they want (live free or die, woot woot).

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