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Assembly speaker gives governor’s marijuana plan low odds
By: Associated Press//February 21, 2019//
Listen to this articleMADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos is giving Gov. Tony Evers’ plan to legalize medical marijuana just a 10 percent chance of winning approval in the GOP-controlled Legislature.
Vos said at a WisPolitics.com luncheon on Thursday that Evers’ plan goes too far because it would also decriminalize possession of recreational marijuana.
Vos says he thought he could get a majority of Assembly Republicans to support a narrow legalization of medical marijuana.
Vos says Evers failed to work with him to reach a middle ground on a marijuana proposal that could win support. But he says the current Evers proposal is a “very difficult sell.”
Evers plans to introduce the proposal as part of the state budget next week. Vos says it will be removed from the budget.
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