House Bill 198 would legalize recreational marijuana for people 21 years of age and older.

House Bill 199 is a recreational marijuana constitutional amendment proposal. That proposal would legalize recreational marijuana, but it would limit recreational marijuana plant growing to 5 plants per person and enable people to legally sell only one ounce of recreational marijuana. This constitutional amendment seems to be meant as a "reasonable compromise," but it neither upholds liberty nor upholds safety or mental health. So, it doesn't seem like a good Constitutional amendment for Kentucky. Remember that it is harder to fix a constitutional amendment if we need to fix it, than it is to change a mere state law, if we need to fix that law.

We encourage you to contact your state legislator and encourage him or her to oppose House Bill 198 and House Bill 199.