Vermont Lawmakers Will Vote This Week on Legalizing Marijuana

[eridani]

http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/36659-vermont-lawmakers-will-vote-this-week-on-legalizing-marijuana

Vermont lawmakers are set to vote on a bill this week that would legalize the recreational use and growth of marijuana, potentially making it the first U.S. state to do so by way of legislation rather than a popular referendum.

Tom Angell, a leading drug reform activist with the campaign group Marijuana Majority, explained in an interview with teleSUR that the bill would "remove prohibitions on marijuana sales in the state," allowing "citizens to grow cannabis in their homes.”

So far, the states of Washington, Colorado, Oregon and Alaska have legalized recreational use of the plant, as has the District of Colombia, all by referendum.

On Monday night the Vermont House of Representatives added glaucoma and chronic pain as qualifying conditions under the state's existing medical marijuana law, but decided to push off a vote on recreational use until the next day.

[Warren DeMontague]

1. And, shot down.

Not only that, but a measure allowing home cultivation of up to two plants- shot down.


http://wamc.org/post/marijuana-legalization-snuffed-vermont-legislature

I could have predicted it, the East Coast is just WAY too uptight to deal with pot in anything close to a sane manner, yet.

[eridani]

2. Well, crap. I think ihat CA is going to make the Left Coast a north to south sanctuary n/t

[Warren DeMontague]

3. I think so, too.

I do wonder what happened in VT, they seemed like they were ready to do it. I dont know from the VT house, but I have to wonder if there wasnt some behind the scenes arm twisting.

CA is a way different deal, plus Californians can look North and see it working both in OR and WA already.