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Vermont Legislature Pushing Ahead With New Medical Marijuana Rules

Delivery of medical marijuana and hemp grown by dispensaries were among the rules approved Thursday by the Legislative Committee on Administrative Rules. Approval of the rules come close to a pressing deadline. The committee's 45-day review period ends this coming Monday. New…

Vermont Hemp Farmers Upset With Proposed Marijuana Rule Changes

September 11, 2015
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MONTPELIER – An official from the Vermont Department of Public Safety on Wednesday defended proposed new rules on medical marijuana and said fears that they will hurt hemp farmers are unfounded. Lindsay Wells, the department’s director of a program that…

Vermont Lawmakers Say – Make Cannabis Legal or We’ll Ban Booze

Two Vermont lawmakers fed up with delays to legalize marijuana in the state introduced a headline-grabbing measure this week designed to move things along: one that would outlaw alcohol. Legislators Chris Pearson and Jean O'Sullivan admit they have no interest…

Will Vermont’s Legislature Make It the Next State To Legalize Recreational Marijuana?

Vermont could become the first state in history to legalize recreational marijuana via state legislature with a new bill submitted Tuesday that aims to end prohibition of the plant. Senate Bill 95 would legalize the possession, use and sale of…

East Coast Marijuana Tourism? It May Be Centered in Vermont

Forget ski resorts and prize-winning maple syrup, the big tourism draw for the small New England state of Vermont could soon be marijuana. Led by Gov. Peter Shumlin, lawmakers in Vermont are eagerly exploring the prospects of legalizing a drug…

Lawmakers briefed on RAND marijuana study

A group of state lawmakers was briefed Wednesday on a study of the legalization of marijuana being conducted by the RAND Corp. The nonprofit’s Drug Policy Research Center was contracted to prepare an in-depth study of the potential financial and…

Rand officials to visit Vermont next week to plan marijuana study

MONTPELIER -- Rand Corporation representatives will be in Vermont next week to begin work on a study of the effects that marijuana legalization might have on the state's economy, individual health and public safety. The international, nonprofit research organization was…

Vermont: Majority Support for Retail Marijuana Sales

A strong majority of Vermonters support regulating the commercial production and retail sales of marijuana for adults, according to a statewide Castleton Polling Institute survey commissioned by the Marijuana Policy Project. Fifty-seven percent of respondents said that they support “changing…

Vermont Explores Marijuana Legalization

Could Vermont be the next state to legalize marijuana? Gov. Peter Shumlin’s administration plans to study the topic. The study will likely involve keeping a close eye on Colorado and Washington – the only two states to legalize marijuana so…

Vermont Law

Vermont Medical Marijuana July 1, 2004 SUMMARY: Senate Bill 76 became law without Gov. James Douglas' signature on May 26, 2004. The law takes effect on July 1, 2004. The law removes state-level criminal penalties on the use, possession and…