Governor Tony Evers of Wisconsin is calling for the decriminalization of recreational marijuana use.
Evers wants Wisconsin residents to be able to carry or sell small amounts of marijuana and legalize its used for medical reasons.
The Governor’s first state budget proposal to decriminalize the drug will say that manufacturers and distributors can handle 25 grams or fewer and the proposal calls to create Wisconsin’s first medical marijuana program that would be regulated by the state’s health and agriculture departments.
The proposal would also expunge convictions of possessing, manufacturing or selling 25 or fewer grams of marijuana from criminal records of those found guilty of such crimes in the past.
Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald of Juneau remarked, “I still don’t believe the support’s there within the Senate caucus to move in that direction, but I know that the debate’s going on nationwide.”
“I think the last thing the people of Wisconsin want as it relates to marijuana is that it eventually devolves into Pfizer running (the market),” said Evers last month. “I want it to be set up in a way that people in the state of Wisconsin feel comfortable that they can make some money by doing this work without having to essentially go broke.”
Also under Evers’ plan, all marijuana sold for medical uses must be grown in Wisconsin. Growers could cultivate up to 12 plants.
