A Tennessee lawmaker is hoping to make recreational and medical pot legal in the state

A Tennessee lawmaker wants to legalize marijuana use, cultivation and sales across the state.

Rep. Bob Freeman (D-Nashville) introduced HB 1968 on Jan. 25, which he is calling the “Free All Cannabis for Tennesseans Act.” As of Jan. 28, it had been assigned to the Criminal Justice Subcommittee for consideration.

The bill would overhaul Tennessee laws to legalize recreational and medical pot across the board.

If passed, adults 21 and up in the state would be allowed to use and possess up to 60 grams of marijuana for personal use. They would also be allowed to grow up to 12 marijuana plants on their private property so long as the growing area is not publically visible from the ground and is secured with locks or other devices.

Minors with medical conditions would only be allowed to use medical marijuana with parental supervision after consulting with a doctor.

The bill also sets standards for retail marijuana operations, making it legal to grow, process and sell plants, seeds, and paraphernalia with the proper licenses from the Department of Agriculture.

The proposed law would provide legal protections to people who use marijuana, but would still allow employers to consider marijuana use as a basis for refusing to hire applicants if the job’s responsibilities are consistent with the employer’s hiring policy in regard to other adulterants that would cause a refusal. It would also allow landlords to ban marijuana use in homes and apartments, much like tobacco. [Read more at WBIR]