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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jul 16, 2021

Tennessee state Rep. Bruce Griffey, R-Paris, says his constituents are nearly split when it comes to legalizing marijuana, so he is proposing legislation that would ask Tennesseans to provide official feedback to guide legislators. His bill, HB1634, would require county election commissions to include the following three non-binding questions on the 2022 November ballot: (1) should the state legalize medical marijuana? (2) should the state decriminalize possession of less than one ounce of marijuana? (3) should the state legalize and regulate commercial sales of recreational use marijuana? Read more from Fox Chattanooga.