Vermont House To Debate Marijuana Legalization Bill On Monday

The Vermont Senate approved a marijuana legalization bill earlier this year (S.241). Vermont’s Governor, Peter Shumlin, has expressed a strong desire to see Vermont become the first state to legalize marijuana via legislative action. Polls have shown that Vermont voters support marijuana legalization. So what is the hold up? So far this session, it’s been the Vermont House. It sounds like that is set to change on Monday. Per Vermont Public Radio:

House Speaker Shap Smith says the House will debate a bill legalizing marijuana Monday.

Smith says it’s not clear if any version of the bill will actually win majority support.

“I do think that the current policy is broken and I’m disappointed that we haven’t been able to find consensus,” says Smith. “But I think what you would see is that the people in the House who are discussing this and have differing points of views

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