Issue Position Marijuana

Issue Position

The prohibition of marijuana has failed, and the "war on drugs' has failed and cost taxpayers trillions of dollars. I believe we need to legalize marijuana in a thoughtful fashion. I have supported legislation for both medical marijuana and for the legalization of growing and possessing small amounts of marijuana. We have lessons to learn from the way Colorado and Washington legalized. I look forward to reviewing the plan being presented to the Legislature in January 2017.

I think it is important to craft a bill that will think carefully about all aspects of the implementation and regulation. Additionally a marijuana legalization bill in our state must have a distinctly Vermont character to it -- one that helps out our small farmers and individuals and not out-of-state large corporations. Accompanying this work must be an educational effort which effectively identifies the challenges and risks about drug use

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