Regulate Vermont!

We've updated our story on local votes to approve retail marijuana sales. Voters in Burlington, Brattleboro, Montpelier, Winooski and at least 15 other Vermont municipalities voted in favor. Lyndon, Newport and Richmond said no. vtdigger.org/2021/03/02/bur…

Great news! @GovPhilScott announced he will allow S. 54 to become law without his signature, and he has signed the automatic expungement bill. The work of creating a responsible and equitable industry must continue, but this is a huge step forward! #vtpoli marijuanamoment.net/vermont-govern…

@HeadyVermont @GovPhilScott Actually he signed the expungement bill and allowed S. 54 to become law. Same result!

“Ongoing reform of cannabis policies is a justice imperative supported by an overwhelming number of Vermonters. We urge the Governor to ensure that progress is made.” #vtpoli marijuanamoment.net/civil-rights-c…

RAD's official statement on S.54, An act relating to the regulation of cannabis, from Movement Politics Director Kiah Morris. #vtpoli

@vtbarngrow @GovPhilScott @MarijuanaPolicy Our director is a Vermonter and we have spoken to thousands of Vermonters about cannabis policy. Hundreds have joined our very real coalition of support for regulating cannabis. Again, you should probably look at our website — it might make your research easier.

@RegulateVermont @GovPhilScott @MarijuanaPolicy How about the lie that you are a local coalition when in reality you are a renamed branch of a national corporate lobbyist?

@GovPhilScott @RegulateVermont @MarijuanaPolicy

@vtbarngrow @GovPhilScott @MarijuanaPolicy The production and sale of cannabis are prohibited in Vermont. The current policy is very similar to Alcohol Prohibition. And that is the policy you are defending!

@RegulateVermont @GovPhilScott @MarijuanaPolicy Cannabis is not prohibited in Vermont. How about that lie???

@vtbarngrow @GovPhilScott @MarijuanaPolicy Lying about what?!?!

@RegulateVermont @GovPhilScott @MarijuanaPolicy Keep lying tho. It’s a good look for you!

@vtbarngrow @GovPhilScott @MarijuanaPolicy It's never been a secret. It's literally on our website and has been all along. We have nothing to be ashamed of — after all, we're not the ones working to maintain the status quo of prohibition.

@RegulateVermont @GovPhilScott @MarijuanaPolicy Don’t need to... once I got to your Facebook page and saw it was managed by the same people as the MPP I figured it out, but thanks.

Gov. Scott sign the bill.

Thanks, @ACLU_VT — we appreciate your support for S. 54! #vtpoli acluvt.org/en/news/statem…

Thank you, Rep. Morris — we appreciate your leadership! #vtpoli

@cmarchand41 @WSTTVT The maximum tax rate in S. 54 is 20%, same as Massachusetts and much lower than Colorado or Washington. Vermonters who want to grow their own are already free to do so, but not everybody can grow and most cannabis consumers prefer to have the option of buying from a retail store.

"[T]he insistence on waiting for a perfect bill would simply result in perpetuating this state of pseudo-legalization — and the harm it perpetuates — for at least an extra year." #vtpoli vtdigger.org/2020/10/01/mon…

@pedipsych @GovPhilScott Vermonters can buy cannabis in retail stores just south of the border. All they have to do is show an ID. It's weird that you prefer a system where no ID is required and products are not tested for purity and potency. Why not add "prohibition" to your name? Or maybe "Drug War"?

@RegulateVermont @GovPhilScott Vermonters can already now buy heroin too. Should we legalize that, based on your logic? Is that your organization's ultimate goal to legalize all drugs? Take the "regulate" out of your name as you clearly don't mean it.

@pedipsych @GovPhilScott The prohibition policies you have long defended do not protect health or safety in any way. Any Vermonter who wants to buy high-potency concentrates can already do so in Massachusetts. But we respect the compromises that have been made in S. 54, even the ones we don't agree with.

@RegulateVermont "We can even push to get those ridiculous potency limits removed on flower and concentrate." Wow. Well that is certainly is telling about where this slippery slope is going @GovPhilScott. No concern at all for health risks. #vtpoli

You probably already knew this, but yet another poll has confirmed it: Vermonters overwhelmingly support legalizing and regulating cannabis sales. #vtpoli #stream/0" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">vpr.org/post/september…

Steve Hawkins, executive director of MPP, shares this important perspective on the racial justice implications of S. 54. #vtpoli vtdigger.org/2020/09/22/ste…

The bill to automatically expunge records for past low-level possession offenses also passed the Senate in a voice vote and will proceed to the governor's desk! This is a very important step for criminal justice and racial justice. #vtpoli