For the second time in two months, Wisconsin lawmakers have voted against a bill that would have introduced adult use cannabis – despite voter support.
The two proposed amendments to the $104 billion state budget proposal that was put forward in February were voted down 22 to 11 – a move that has been described as “fiscally irresponsible” by Senator Melissa Agard.
The vote leaves Wisconsin one of only a handful of states in the country that have not moved to regulate adult use cannabis.
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Speaking to Marijuana Moment, Agard stated: “We know that Wisconsin is continuing to be more and more of an island to prohibition in the Midwest. We are falling behind in Wisconsin. We are more dangerous because of the prohibition of cannabis.”
And added that prohibition “continues to be very harmful to our state. It creates less safety. We are infringing on people’s personal liberties and freedoms—because cannabis consumption is not harmful to the greater community when regulated appropriately—and we’re missing out on a lot of prosperity [and] opportunity, for our main streets and our communities to be able to get ahead.
“So this is the policy that absolutely does belong in our state budget.”
