Results from four communities – including Rutland City – still unknown
by Guy Page
According to an unofficial survey of Vermont municipal and media websites, 32 Vermont municipalities said “yes” at Town Meeting yesterday to allow retail marijuana operations. Seven said no. Information for four other communities is as yet unavailable.
Under the State of Vermont’s regulated marijuana market, retail stores may open only in communities where voters have approved that type of business.
| Community | Decision | Vote or % |
| Barre City | Yes | 767-463 |
| Bolton | Yes | 114-63 |
| Bristol | Yes | 513-264 |
| Cambridge | Yes | 58-42% |
| Chester | Yes | 318-267 |
| Derby | Yes | 55-45% |
| Essex Town | Yes | 59-40% |
| Fair Haven | Yes | 285-230 |
| Fayston | Yes | 129-78 |
| Ferrisburgh | Yes | 63-37% |
| Grand Isle | Yes | 316-223 |
| Hardwick | Yes | Unk |
| Hartford | Yes | 61-39% |
| Manchester | Yes | 591-355 |
| Marlboro | Yes | 201-94 |
| Middlesex | Yes | 360-195 |
| Milton | Yes | 54-46% |
| Moretown | Yes | 61-39% |
| New Haven | Yes | 285-230 |
| Pittsford | Yes | 51-49% |
| Poultney | Yes | 298-258 |
| Proctor | Yes | 125-102 |
| Putney | Yes | 384-263 |
| Rockingham | Yes | 318-187 |
| Rutland Town | Yes | 468-425 |
| Sheldon | Yes | 71-69 |
| Springfield | Yes | 715-632 |
| St. Albans Town | Yes | Unk |
| Stratton | Yes | Unk |
| Waitsfield | Yes | 65-35% |
| Wallingford | Yes | 269-228 |
| Wilmington | Yes | 173-85 |
| Woodstock | Yes | Unk |
| Castleton | No | 351-301 |
| Eden | No | 27-19 |
| Leicester Town | No | 56-53 |
| Mount Holly | No | 250-147 |
| Norton | No | Unk |
| Swanton Village | No | 125-119 |
| Vernon | No | 126-190 |
| Richford | Unknown | |
| Rutland City | Unknown | |
| Stockbridge | Unknown | |
| Wolcott | Unknown |
Yesterday’s results bring to 65 the number of Vermont municipalities that have said yes to retail pot. Towns where it has already been approved are Alburgh, Barton, Berlin, Bennington, Brandon, Brattleboro, Brownington, Burke, Burlington, Danby, Danville, Duxbury, East Burke, Jamaica, Johnson, Londonderry, Middlebury, Montgomery, Montpelier, Morristown, Pawlet, Peacham, Pownal, Randolph, St. Johnsbury, Salisbury, South Hero, Strafford, Sutton, Vergennes, Waterbury, Windsor, and Winooski.
Marijuana retail distributors in ‘Yes’ communities now must undergo a state-regulated licensing process. Retail sales are likely to begin late this year or next year.
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For those with concerns on cannabis retail sales go to http://www.vthope.net/mjpics.html You will find posters you can download and disperse with source references included. These probably should have gone up before any voting, but at least you can better inform your community about the hazards and alert parents to the challenges and concerns they face. Today’s pot is 10-30x stronger and has more psychotic episodes. We need to team to protect the brains of our young people.
If Joe Benning gets his way with S25 – all 180ish towns that haven’t voted will be told you had your chance to say if you want commercialized cannabis, now the legislators will decide for you – and only 10 towns in the state will not have commercialized cannabis. Remember this, as Joe is running for Lt. Governor. Perhaps some towns will want to arrange to vote on this before the end of the session.
Good to know where all the dope heads are.
So, I don’t smoke weed, but as a social ill, it concerns me less than alcohol. That is to say, I don’t care about this issue at all.
However, buried inside this issue is a much, MUCH more interesting one which will be in the history books for ages, and no one seems to be talking about it.
Marijuana is federally illegal. Like, Schedule 1, serious time in a federal penitentiary illegal, and clearly many states don’t care at all. How is this a thing? I’m pretty sure that if I were to start manufacturing and selling machine guns, I would get a less-than-friendly visit from the ATF. Precisely why is the DEA not out here shooting people’s dogs and burning fields? How can so many people flagrantly ignore seriously-punishable federal law and we all still pretend that federal laws matter?
This is sad, and concerning.