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Should NH legalize recreational marijuana?
#yes, alcohol is responsible for many more atrocities than I've ever heard from marijuana usage.
- Christine
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Should NH legalize recreational marijuana?
Absolutely yes please! The overwhelming amount of positive change that would come from this decision greatly exceeds the far fetched speculation that opposes it. It's natural to worry when… read more
- James
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Should NH legalize recreational marijuana?
You you can have alcohol legal that is proven to be harmful and cause accidents or completely make you unaware of what you are doing but throw a fuss about marijuana when that relaxes you, makes you… read more
- Shelby
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Should NH legalize recreational marijuana?
Legalize recreational marijuana #yes
- Desiree
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Should NH legalize recreational marijuana?
Statistics are important when considering the arguments against legalization. First off, our drug epidemic has nothing to do with marijuana. To say that it would send the wrong message without… read more
- Jason
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Should NH legalize recreational marijuana?
100% #YES, for these reasons: - Prohibition has enormous social costs: Our police devote thousands of hours to arresting, booking and imprisoning cannabis consumers, many of whom are otherwise law-… read more
- Allison
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Should NH legalize recreational marijuana?
Is this the live free or die state? #yes legalize the use of a harmless plant
- Gregory
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Should NH prohibit water fluoridation?
We should not be adding chemicals to our water
- Gregory
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Should NH legalize recreational marijuana?
For sone of us it's the only thing that helps with relief of our pain. I'm from NH and I vote yes Legalize Marijuana!
- Debby
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Should NH legalize recreational marijuana?
YES LEGALIZE
- matt
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Should NH legalize recreational marijuana?
#yes legalize
- Jim
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Should NH legalize recreational marijuana?
yes
- michael
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Should NH legalize recreational marijuana?
#yes Legalize
- Richard
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Should NH legalize recreational marijuana?
#no
- Barbara
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Should NH legalize recreational marijuana?
#yes legalize
- David
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Should NH legalize recreational marijuana?
#yes legalize
- Carrie
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Motorcycle Helmet Law
If your over 18 its up you
- Anne
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Should NH repeal expanded Medicaid?
if you are an illegal no benefits.I for one are sick an tired of people coming too this country an excepting this country too give them SSI an medicaid .NO IT SHOULD BE FOR THE CITIZEN'S OF THIS… read more
- Anne
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Eliminate smoking ban in restaurants, stores, taxis?
It's always been my pet peeve that smokers believe they have a right to pollute the air that I/we breathe.
- Chuck
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Should NH repeal the Renewable Portfolio Standard?
The notion that we would somehow be saving money and ensuring financial stability by not investing/saving for renewable energy is the same kind of thinking that caused the financial crisis after the… read more
- Cathleen
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Should NH repeal the Renewable Portfolio Standard?
Do not repeal this. This is still cheaper than the purchasing bulk power on the spot market during peak periods. The benefits should out weigh the losses in the long run. With a little research, you… read more
- Richard
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Should NH decriminalize sex work?
what a freaking joke--nothing better to do?
- Ned
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Should NH continue to allow carrying firearms at polling places?
Right are not a privilege if you want to take my rights away let's go to court. Rights are not granted or taken by legislation. One is born with them. They are God given not state given.
- Daniel
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Should NH continue to allow carrying firearms at polling places?
Yes it should be allowed that an individual with a carry permit can carry a firearm into the voting polls. But only those who have a permit.
- Michael
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Should NH prohibit discrimination based on gender identity?
I encourage you to think very seriously about this bill and the protection of "human" rights. Everyone deserves to feel protected by the laws in the state that they reside in. Gender… read more
- Colleen
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Should NH continue to allow carrying firearms at polling places?
Gun Carry Permits and 2ND. Amendment gives Legally Qualified Permit Holders legal Rights by The Constitution of the United States Right to Bear Arms ??? Good Citizens of this Great State Need to… read more
- CWO Chaplain Roger ( Billy )
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Should qualifying patients be permitted to grow their own marijuana?
I live in NH. Patients and caregivers deserve the right to grow green plants for medical treatments. My son cannot afford his seizure treatment here in NH as the prices are way to cost prohibitive.… read more
- Lisa
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Rep. wants more proof in sexual assault cases
Are our law makers out of their minds. Do they care about the citizens of this State? I beg you with every other survivor do not make this law. Please vote NO! It is hard enough to come forward and… read more
- LynetteMountainCloud
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Should NH pass a right-to-work law?
No it should not pass Right to Work. It will lead to increase in Welfare recipients. Great part of New Hampshire is the will to recall all you lawmakers who vote for this bad bill.
- John
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Repeal the Rail Transit Authority?
With New biotech center NH needs more tech workers. 93 and 3 are already a nightmare. We need commuter rail
- Jane
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Should NH allow tinted car windows?
Having tint will help drivers from the glare from the sunlight Street London get and head light could save a small child's life whenever one child runs to street without thinking hold windows… read more
- Josh
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Do you agree with the NH Supreme Court that parking spaces rented out by churches for a profit should be taxed?
I would agree that these spaces should be tax to non-parishioners as they have no other reason to park in the churches parking lot. Parishioners of the church renting spaces to park, should be tax… read more
- David
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New hotel on Mount Washington?
The White Mtns have always been one of the few remaining places I can go for spiritual, mental and emotional renewal. Building a motel essentially turns a place I call "sacred," a place I… read more
- Katherine
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Opioid prescriptions down, but still high
While I agree that drug addiction in NH is at an all time high, I would suggest that alcohol addiction is likely just as high. What seems to have happened is the politicization of "opioid abuse… read more
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Marijuana Legalization
well, my views have changed greatly, this is the greatest state, i have my med cannibis card, i love the care and thought that the dispensory people have put into the medicine they distribute. wow,… read more
- timothy
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Marijuana Legalization
I suffer from ptsd, and i have many issues with pain.Marijuana has helped me with both issues and without side affects of any kind what so ever.Marijuana has helped me sleep through the night without… read more
- christopher
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Gun Laws
Registration is the first step to government confiscation of our firearms. I solidly agree with the people posting in this thread. In Texas college student can conceal and carry. I don' t… read more
- Lenny
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In NH, Clinton argues for free college
No way I will vote for her or give money to the Democratic party, because of the way she and her organization and the Democratic organization stole the nomination away from Bernie. If this were a… read more
- Eve
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Towns at odds over wind turbines
Hi Roger, In their letter to the SEC, the Antrim selectmen list the following reasons for supporting the wind project: - Property taxes to fund town and school capital projects - Economic growth,… read more
- Jackie
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Senate candidate supports base closings
yes
- Jay
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Towns at odds over wind turbines
The article says Atrim selectmen support for the wind turbines is "due in part" to anticipated tax revenue. Surely there are other reasons, and hopefully LFDA can report and share with… read more
- Roger
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Northern Pass
Very glad that this issue is covered on your NH Voter Guide app! What a great resource for those of us who want to know where candidates stand on the issues.
- Jackie
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Heroin Addiction: Law Enforcement
Thank you for posting this! PAARI is an outstanding model, and it seems like a great partnership between law enforcement, community resources, families, and those needing help. Hats off to Chief… read more
- Carolee
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DEA: Marijuana still illegal
Haven't we learned anything yet? Legal drugs bring about more problems than drugs that are NOT legal. Why? 1. They are everywhere and accessible to anyone 2. The stigma is removed so more… read more
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Should NH allow undocumented immigrants to get drivers’ licenses?
Absolutely not.
- Rachel
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DEA: Marijuana still illegal
Have we not learned anything from our current opioid epidemic? Laws do not prevent individuals from engaging in activities. What trivial laws do is cause individuals to seek unsafe means to fuel… read more
- James
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Is NH's hands-free law effective?
I'm glad to see the number of distracted driving fatalities have decreased in NH but I remain astonished at the number of people I witness using their phones while driving on the highway. This… read more
- Chuck
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Automatic voter registration?
It seems to me that making voting and getting to the polls as easy as possible for people must be a good idea. I've heard arguments made by some that those who "can't be bothered… read more
- Jackie
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Rents up 15% over five years
The other half of this story of high rents is the high price of real estate in NH. What's left for lower-income Granite State residents if they can't afford to buy, and rents continue to… read more
- Jackie
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Should NH allow marijuana for pain management?
Yes, It should be allowed for pain management and it should be allowed for recreational use. What has happened to New Hampshire? It used to be a leader. Remember the state lottery? Now it follows… read more
- Alan
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