The New Hampshire House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill to legalize the personal possession and use of recreational marijuana, although the measure does not legalize sales of cannabis. The measure, HB 75 from Republican Rep. Kevin Verville, was passed by a voice vote in the House on Thursday afternoon, online cannabis news source Marijuana Moment reported.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/ajherrington/2025/02/20/new-hampshire-house-passes-cannabis-legalization-bill/

As 2025 kicks off and state legislative sessions get rolling, marijuana legalization advocates are eyeing a handful of jurisdictions as key battlegrounds where they see the prospects of enacting reform this year as most likely.

Pennsylvania and Hawaii are widely seen by proponents as the most promising states for adult-use cannabis legalization in the year ahead. As for medical marijuana legalization, Kansas and the Carolinas are key states to watch. Wisconsin, meanwhile, is expecting renewed efforts to legalize the substance for both medical and adult-use.

https://www.marijuanamoment.net/these-states-are-the-most-likely-to-legalize-marijuana-in-2025-according-to-top-advocacy-groups/

Indiana lawmakers are already making moves to enact drug policy reform in the 2025 session—with newly filed bills to legalize marijuana, allow medical cannabis and fund psilocybin research. While the prospects of the cannabis measures are unclear given the Republican-controlled legislature’s historic resistance to reform, the psychedelics legislation would simply provide the necessary funding for an already-enacted law promoting psilocybin research.

https://www.marijuanamoment.net/indiana-lawmakers-file-bills-to-legalize-marijuana-and-fund-psilocybin-research-in-2025/