MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - Vermont Attorney General T.J. Donovan has announced his support for a bill taxing and regulating the sale of recreational marijuana.
The Democrat spoke during a state Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Thursday, saying “we can’t tell Vermonters that they can possess and be silent on how you obtain it.”
Donovan cited the recent arrest of a Burlington store owner accused of selling marijuana from the store, saying a regulated system is “about protecting consumers and protecting kids.”
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Sen. Dick Sears, who chairs the Judiciary Committee, says he is hopeful the House will look favorably on the bill as a “vehicle to bring Vermont forward.”
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