Opponents and supporters had a lively, civil debate over the impact that legal cannabis for adults would have on public safety and public health in New Hampshire.

Dr. Kevin Sabet is a bestselling author, CEO of Smart Approaches to Marijuana, and a former drug policy adviser to Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama.

Those backing legalization offer a “false choice” between letting all adults have access to it or maintaining a national war on marijuana that subjects users to the threat of jail time, said Sabet, who supports decriminalizing possession and directing young users to mandatory drug diversion programs.

It’s naïve for the New Hampshire Legislature or any of the half of states without legalization to think they can create a safer state-run model that could limi

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