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Associated Press - October 28, 2009 12:15 PM ET
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - The Senate has voted to sustain Gov. John Lynch's veto of a bill that would have made New Hampshire the 14th state to legalize marijuana use by severely ill people.
Earlier Wednesday, the House voted 240-115 to override the veto, but the Senate's 14-10 vote fell short of the two-thirds needed for override.
The bill would have established three nonprofit "compassion centers" to dispense 2 ounces of marijuana every 10 days to severely ill patients whose doctors approve the drug's use. The state would have licensed the centers and issued identification cards to their staff, approved patients and their caregivers.
In his veto message last spring, Lynch cited concerns over distribution and cultivation.
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