CONCORD — A bill that would have allowed adults to possess up to three-quarters of an ounce of marijuana and grow up to six plants at home was killed in the Senate 15-9 on Thursday.
Voting against killing the bill were Sens. David Watters (D-Dover), Suzanne Prentiss, (D-West Lebanon), Jay Kahn, (D-Keene), Harold French (R-Canterbury), Cindy Rosenwald (D-Nashua), Becky Whitley (D-Hopkinton), John Reagan, (R-Deerfield), Rebecca Perkins Kwoka (D-Portsmouth) and Tom Sherman (D-Rye).
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