BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – Vermont is preparing to embark on a major overhaul of its struggling medical cannabis program, which has steadily lost registered patients since the state made it legal for people to grow weed at home in 2018.
The decrease has accelerated since late 2022, when stores selling cannabis legally to all adults began to open in Vermont. The medical program now counts 2,700 patients, down from a high of about 5,700.
The program allows patients to avoid taxes on cannabis products, have access to higher-potency items, and exceed the one-ounce limit on purchases. But soon there will be just two medical-only dispensaries left in the state — in Brandon and Montpelier.
Darren Perron spoke with Seven Days’ Sasha Goldstein about her report in this week’s issue on medical cannabis changes coming this summer.
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