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01-08-2016, 11:12 AM
Vermont’s governor wants to legalize marijuana. Here’s how he would do it.
By Christopher Ingraham
January 7 at 4:36 PM
Legal marijuana is coming to Vermont this year — at least, if Gov. Peter Shumlin has anything to say about it.
Shumlin (D) offered the broad outlines of a legalization plan Thursday during his annual State of the State address. "The outdated War on Drugs has also failed," he said, "and there is no greater example than our nation’s marijuana laws."
Shumlin noted that, although Vermont decriminalized marijuana in 2013, the 80,000 Vermonters who used marijuana last year — more than one in 10 residents — still had to purchase their weed through the black market.
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The remarks are significant because, as recently as a few days ago, Shumlin said he was "still struggling" over whether to back legalization.
"It's looking more and more likely that Vermont will be the first state to legalize marijuana through the legislature instead of by a citizen ballot initiative," said Tom Angell of the pro-legalization group Marijuana Majority. "This signals an important shift in the politics of marijuana."
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read more:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/01/07/legal-weed-is-probably-coming-to-vermont-heres-how-it-could-work/
By Christopher Ingraham
January 7 at 4:36 PM
Legal marijuana is coming to Vermont this year — at least, if Gov. Peter Shumlin has anything to say about it.
Shumlin (D) offered the broad outlines of a legalization plan Thursday during his annual State of the State address. "The outdated War on Drugs has also failed," he said, "and there is no greater example than our nation’s marijuana laws."
Shumlin noted that, although Vermont decriminalized marijuana in 2013, the 80,000 Vermonters who used marijuana last year — more than one in 10 residents — still had to purchase their weed through the black market.
...
The remarks are significant because, as recently as a few days ago, Shumlin said he was "still struggling" over whether to back legalization.
"It's looking more and more likely that Vermont will be the first state to legalize marijuana through the legislature instead of by a citizen ballot initiative," said Tom Angell of the pro-legalization group Marijuana Majority. "This signals an important shift in the politics of marijuana."
...
read more:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/01/07/legal-weed-is-probably-coming-to-vermont-heres-how-it-could-work/