Should New Hampshire allow patients to grow their own medical marijuana?Posted by MMP News AuthorOn May 15, 2021

Medical marijuana is legal in New Hampshire, but patients have to buy their therapeutic cannabis at one of a handful of Alternative Treatment Centers. Now, legislators are considering allowing patients to grow their own marijuana at home.

The law as it stands

Back in 2013, New Hampshire legalized the use of marijuana as a medical treatment. Under that law — RSA 126-X — patients with certain symptoms can be prescribed the use of cannabis by their healthcare provider. Some of these include:

■suffering from chronic severe pain;

■diagnosed with a qualifying medical condition such as cancer, glaucoma, or HIV;

■a terminal medical condition resulting in at least one of a list of specific symptoms, such as seizures or severe nausea.

Patients taking medical marijuana have to get the drug from one of the specific alternative treatment centers allowed in New Hampshire.

Patients with a green thumb might be wondering: can I just grow my own medical marijuana at home, instead? The answer right now in New Hampshire is no, but a bill up for debate this year would change that.

What’s in the bill?

HB 350 (2021) is a bill to legalize the home growing of marijuana in New Hampshire. This means that a patient — or their designated caregiver —could grow cannabis at the patient’s residence. Of course, there would be some caveats to this. For one, the home-grower would need to report their activities to the Department of…

Medical marijuana is legal in New Hampshire, but patients have to buy their therapeutic cannabis at one of a handful of Alternative Treatment Centers. Now, legislators are considering allowing patients to grow their own marijuana at home.

The law as it stands

Back in 2013, New Hampshire legalized the use of marijuana as a medical treatment. Under that law — RSA 126-X — patients with certain symptoms can be prescribed the use of cannabis by their healthcare provider. Some of these include:

■suffering from chronic severe pain;

■diagnosed with a qualifying medical condition such as cancer, glaucoma, or HIV;

■a terminal medical condition resulting in at least one of a list of specific symptoms, such as seizures or severe nausea.

Patients taking medical marijuana have to get the drug from one of the specific alternative treatment centers allowed in New Hampshire.

Patients with a green thumb might be wondering: can I just grow my own medical marijuana at home, instead? The answer right now in New Hampshire is no, but a bill up for debate this year would change that.

What’s in the bill?

HB 350 (2021) is a bill to legalize the home growing of marijuana in New Hampshire. This means that a patient — or their designated caregiver —could grow cannabis at the patient’s residence. Of course, there would be some caveats to this. For one, the home-grower would need to report their activities to the Department of…