A Bismarck lawmaker says he introduced a measure to legalize recreational marijuana because he wanted to head off the effort to put an initiated Constitutional measure on the ballot.
Republican Representative Jason Dockter of Bismarck told the House Human Services Committee – his will be allow up to one ounce of marijuana. And he says his measure has other safeguards – including how it can be sold.
Dockter says a companion bill now in the House Finance and Taxation Committee would set tax rates for recreational marijuana.
The committee did not take immediate action.
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