Agard was elected to her state senate seat in November 2020, with a promise along the campaign trail to legalize recreational cannabis use across Wisconsin.
Currently, the only legal form of cannabis permitted in Wisconsin is the use of CBD oil.
Early in her state assembly career, Agard wrote and put forth a bill that would do just that.
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“It’s very clear that prohibition did not work with alcohol and it isn’t working with cannabis either,” she said.
She released a statement Thursday, saying, “If Republicans want to take up these issues separately, then let’s actually take them up.
However, it is clear there is not legislative support for this change, just as there was not an appetite for the medical marijuana bill I introduced last session.
She said from taxes and licensing fees alone, the state could bring in more than $160 million in revenue if cannabis were legalized.
Wisconsin last drew state legislative and congressional district maps 10 years ago, in 2011.
She said if she could look into a crystal ball, she believes “the legislature will vote on policy…
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