(Providence, RI) -- The Rhode Island Senate is approving a bill that would legalize the purchase of marijuana for all adults 21 and older. Tuesday's vote, which was a first for a chamber in the General Assembly, was 29-to-9. But the speaker of the Rhode Island House of Representatives has said he is not planning for pot legalization to be taken up during the budget process, and has suggested it could be instead discussed at a special session. Recreational marijuana is now legal in both neighboring Southern New England states after Connecticut's governor signed a new law on Tuesday.
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