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Lessons from Colorado: Unknowns persist about youth and marijuana
A fence outside a Colorado Springs school. Photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDigger Editor’s note: Reporter Elizabeth Hewitt spent a week in Colorado earlier this month to look at lessons learned in the...
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‘Disappointed’ in House inaction on pot, senators mull options
Senate President Pro Tempore Tim Ashe, D/P-Chittenden, with Sen. Jeanette White, D-Windham. Photo by Erin Mansfield/VTDiggerSenate leaders said Tuesday they are disappointed the House has not passed...
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Relatives left behind by overdose speak about opiate response
Melissa Zebrowski, Jeanette Birch and Gov. Phil Scott appear at a news conference about opiate addiction Thursday. Photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDiggerTo a crowded room at the Statehouse, Bill Mapes of...
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Frustrated by House inaction, Senate to move on marijuana
Sen. Jeanette White, D-Windham, speaks in support of marijuana legalization last year. File photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDiggerAs a marijuana legalization bill idles in a House committee, senators are...
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This week in the Statehouse: Guns, marijuana and alternative justice
Guns, medical marijuana and alternative justice bills will be prime focuses this week in Montpelier. Full days of testimony on all three subjects will help legislators decide how to proceed with...
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Study of marijuana’s revenue potential revived
Speaker of the Vermont House Shap Smith of Lamoille County before the start of the 2014 legislative session. Photo by Roger Crowley/for VTDiggerLawmakers on Thursday resurrected a push to study whether...
View ArticleHouse passes medical marijuana bill
The House Wednesday gave preliminary approval to a medical marijuana dispensaries bill, endorsing an amendment that will study potential tax revenue from legalizing and taxing pot. Another amendment,...
View ArticleMedical marijuana bill passes with legalization study attached
Lawmakers agreed to a medical marijuana dispensary bill that includes a study of legalizing and taxing pot. The Senate on Wednesday voted to concur with House changes to S.247. It now heads to Gov....
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Rand officials to visit state next week to plan marijuana study
Rand Corp. 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...
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Marijuana study to focus on use, costs and precedents
A marijuana plant at a Colorado grow operation. Photo by Brent Levin/Creative Commons The Rand Corp. met last week with the Shumlin administration to lay out plans for a study on the impact of...
View ArticlePublic meeting on marijuana study set for Nov. 12
The state will hold a public meeting next month to take comments on a study of issues surrounding the legalization of marijuana in Vermont. The meeting will run from 3:30-5:30 p.m. Nov. 12 and will be...
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Marijuana legalization supporters join forces
Groups that support the legalization of marijuana joined forces Tuesday, saying that decades of prohibiting recreational use of the drug has failed. “Marijuana regulation is about far more than being...
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State could earn $20-$75 million from legal pot, report says
Beau Kilmer, co-director of the Rand Drug Policy Research Center, presents the group’s study Friday, Jan. 16, 2015, at the Statehouse in Montpelier. Photo by Tom Brown/VTDigger This story was updated...
View ArticleVermonters head to Colorado on marijuana mission
A delegation of Vermonters will leave for Colorado this weekend to visit with a variety of stakeholders in that state’s legalized marijuana program. Public Safety Commissioner Keith Flynn will be...
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Marijuana legalization bill introduced, no action expected this session
Marijuana being grown legally. Photo by Brett Levin/via Creative Commons Sen. David Zuckerman, P/D-Chittenden, submitted Tuesday the most detailed bill yet on the legalization and regulation of...
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Session preview 2016: Marijuana legalization’s last best chance
Photo by Brett Levin/via Creative Commonshttps://www.flickr.com/photos/scubabrett22/ The most popular name invoked at the Statehouse this session likely won’t be a top party leader. Nor will it be a...
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Session preview 2016: For Windham County senator, marijuana is a perennial issue
Sen. Jeanette White, D-Windham. File photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDigger BRATTLEBORO – After 13 years in the state Legislature, Windham County Sen. Jeanette White is fine with the fact that her name has...
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Law enforcement raises road safety, resources as pot concerns
The House Judiciary Committee takes testimony in a packed room Thursday. Photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDigger As members of the House review legislation that would legalize recreational use of marijuana,...
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Public argues pros and cons of marijuana legalization at hearing
The House Judiciary and Government Operations committees hear from the public Thursday evening on marijuana. Photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDigger More than 100 people crowded into the well of the House...
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House committee opts to study marijuana legalization
Rep. Maxine Grad, D-Moretown, is the chair of the Judiciary Committee. File photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDigger After hearing from dozens of witnesses over several weeks on marijuana legalization, the...
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Pot amendment would legalize, license growing plants at home
The House Ways and Means Committee debates marijuana legalization Thursday. Photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDigger With time ticking down to the end of the session, lawmakers are looking at a new option...
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Pot bill with home-grow provision faces final committee hurdle
When House lawmakers come back to Montpelier this week, they’ll return to another new version of the marijuana bill. Late last week, the House Ways and Means Committee approved an amendment offering a...
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UPDATED: House snuffs out pot legalization and homegrown proposals
The House considers marijuana legalization Tuesday. Photo by Jasper Craven/VTDigger Proponents of marijuana legalization struck out three times on Tuesday. The House overwhelmingly defeated a proposal...
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Senate balks at nonbinding referendum on pot legalization
Sen. Dick Sears, D-Bennington, introduced an amendment on the Senate floor Thursday that would have created a nonbinding referendum on marijuana legalization. Photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDigger The...
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Pot legalization discussion will continue past adjournment
Hours before the curtains closed on the 2016 legislative session, key House and Senate lawmakers agreed to continue conversing about pot. Rep. Maxine Grad, D-Moretown, and Sen. Dick Sears,...
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Disappointed by marijuana defeat, key senator weighs next move
Sen. Jeanette White, D-Windham. File photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDigger PUTNEY — Several days after the end of the 2016 legislative session, Windham County Sen. Jeanette White still sounded tired....
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As nearby states legalize marijuana, Vermont weighs impact
Matt Simon, New England political director of the Marijuana Policy Project, speaks to reporters in early 2015. File photo by Tom Brown/VTDiggerAs the dust settles on the results of the 2016 general...
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