Legal Related Vermont Cannabis Board Issues 1st Retail Marijuana Cultivation License by Sophia Vida May 17, 2022 Vermont's Cannabis Control Board issued its first license this week for retail marijuana cultivation in the state. Officials say more licenses are in the pipeline but frustration is growing for some who are trying to plant thei...
Marijuana Vermont Initiates its Retail Marijuana Roll Out by Sophia Vida March 29, 2022 Vermont has officially begun to roll out the plan to set up businesses in its retail cannabis industry. After many towns in the state decided to opt in, the Vermont Cannabis Control Board met with community members on Zoom to b...
Legal Related Vermont’s Cannabis Control Board Has Adopted Retail Medicinal Marijuana Rules by Sophia Vida March 16, 2022 The Vermont Cannabis Control Board has put emergency rules into effect to continue legal sales in the state. Board members met this week to vote on those and other rules, and to discuss their social equity policies and backgrou...
Legal Related Vermont Voters Expand Where Cannabis Retail Will Be Allowed by Sophia Vida March 01, 2022 In Town Meeting Day votes this week, Vermont voters greatly expanded the number of towns where retail sales of cannabis will be permitted to anyone 21 and older. “It’s a very important moment for Vermont,” remarked James ...
Legal Related Vermont Doctors are Pushing to Lower the Marijuana Potency Cap by Sophia Vida December 01, 2021 A coalition of doctors in Vermont are on a mission to lower the cannabis potency cap in the state. The doctors are urging state lawmakers to cap the amount of THC allowed in all cannabis products at 15%. If the move is imple...
Legal Related Vermont Lawmakers Expected to Tweak Marijuana Marketplace Law by Sophia Vida March 02, 2021 The Vermont Legislature may soon be tweaking parts of its signature tax and regulate cannabis law that was passed last year. According to Calvin Cutler of WCAX, advocates are pushing for more changes aimed at agricultural and r...
Legal Related Vermont House Gives Green Light to Marijuana Market Bill by Sophia Vida February 27, 2020 In an overwhelming vote of 90 to 54, lawmakers in Vermont this week approved a legal market bill for marijuana. Following many hours of debate, the approved bill would tax and regulate a legal marijuana market where sales will ...
Trends & Articles Marijuana Found Growing on Front Lawn of Vermont’s Capitol Police by Sophia Vida July 12, 2019 It must have been an exciting day for a visitor at Vermont's Capitol Police as they were able to point out that marijuana was growing on the front lawn. Apparently there is a possible cannabis plant growing in the flower beds o...
Trends & Articles Vermont Towns Cannot Ban Marijuana Altogether by Sophia Vida July 13, 2018 According to Gwynn Zakov, a municipal policy advocate at the Vermont League of Cities and Towns, Vermont towns cannot ban marijuana altogether or block people from cultivating it at home legally. Vermont was the first state to ...
Legal Related Vermont Considers Limiting Marijuana Odor by Sophia Vida March 02, 2018 A bill is under consideration in the state of Vermont that would allow cities in the state to classify marijuana odor as a "public nuisance." The bill is under consideration in the House of Representatives where marijuana odor ...