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Medical Dispensaries Bill Has Support

Friday, 03/25/11 7:34am
Ric Cengeri – Colchester, VT




VPR’s Ric Cengeri reports.

(Cengeri) A bill that passed the legislature in 2004 and became law without Governor Jim Douglas’s signature allowed for the use of medical marijuana in Vermont. Today, there are 344 people who are on the state’s medical marijuana registry.


The Senate considered creating five medical marijuana dispensaries last year. But that bill was pulled because there wasn’t enough support in the House.

This year’s version would create just two dispensaries. They would operate under the direction of the Department of Public Safety.

Senator Dick Sears is one of the sponsors.

(Sears) “One of the reasons we put it with the Department of Public Safety is because it’s an illegal drug under federal law.” 






For VPR News, I’m Ric Cengeri.


  1. This is actually a horrible thing! How can all of you support this if the dispensaries are going to be so closely regulated by the government. Its like they give us an inch but take a mile. Just look at what is going on in the state we live in. Come on people smarten up.