Wisconsin GOP's Medical Marijuana Bill Stalls
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos announces the legislative impasse over the medical marijuana bill, with no resolution in sight for this session.
- A Republican proposal to legalize medical marijuana in Wisconsin has stalled due to deep divisions within the GOP.
- Assembly Speaker Robin Vos confirmed the bill's demise, citing opposition from Senate Republicans and a lack of compromise.
- The proposed legislation aimed to establish state-run dispensaries and limit medical marijuana to severely ill individuals.
- Public support for medical marijuana legalization in Wisconsin stands at 83%, according to a 2019 Marquette University Law School poll.
- Wisconsin remains one of 12 states where neither recreational nor medical marijuana is available.