Republican leaders in Wisconsin say legalizing medical marijuana could be part of their legislative agenda for 2023.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, told Wisconsin Public Radio’s “The Morning Show” on Monday that he favors partial legalization of the drug.
“I support a form of medical marijuana, where it is very restricted, so it’s only going to folks who have a true medical condition,” Vos said.
He also called legalization of the drug for recreational purposes “poisonous” within the GOP caucus. Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has repeatedly called for Wisconsin to legalize recreational weed.
It’s not the first time Vos or Assembly GOP leaders have signaled limited support for liberalizing Wisconsin’s drug laws. The state has become an anomaly in the Midwest in recent years by not moving to legalize medicinal or recreational weed. In early 2022, then-Majority Leader Rep. Jim Steineke, R-Kaukauna, said he foresaw medical marijuana legalization “at some point.”
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