Vermont legalizes medical marijuana dispensaries

Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin, who MPP helped elect, signs a medical marijuana dispensaries bill into law following a two-year lobbying campaign led by MPP.

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"Vermont law allows patients or their caregivers to grow their own marijuana, but several patients told legislators that they were unable to do so due to the high cost of equipment or because their medical condition made the task too physically demanding," according to Dan Riffle with MPP. "The patients were joined by the state’s top law enforcement official, Department of Public Safety Director Keith Flynn, who also testified in support of the measure."


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