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A proposal to legalize marijuana for medicinal use is likely dead, a top Republican leader said Thursday.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos told reporters at the state Capitol that his caucus’ plan to create state-run dispensaries for medical marijuana likely won’t pass this legislative session given the opposing positions on how such a program should be run between Republican caucuses in each house.
Vos and other Assembly Republicans in January put forward a bill that would create state-run dispensaries and would not allow users to smoke the cannabis.
The proposal received an icy reception from Senate Republicans, Democrats and Evers, who had said he would sign a GOP bill creating a medical marijuana program but did not maintain the commitment for the Assembly Republicans’ bill when it was released.
Senate Republicans opposed the bill’s proposal to create government-run dispensaries. Senate President Chris Kapenga also questioned the wisdom of legalizing marijuana for any reason.
Vos said last month he wouldn’t amend the bill to address concerns Senate Republicans have with the legislation.
On Thursday, he said the divisions persist and the bill likely won’t go anywhere for now.
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