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Even for cannabis teetotalers, it’s hard to ignore Vermont’s legal marketplace — especially now that there are so many dispensaries sprinkled throughout the state. What are these shops contributing to Vermont and why should you care? Here’s a look at the numbers. ➆

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Seven Days’ deputy publisher and co-owner Cathy Resmer is a writer, editor and advocate for local journalism. She works in the paper’s Burlington office and lives vicariously through the reporters while raising money to pay them. Cathy started at Seven Days as a freelance writer in 2001 and still has the Rolodex to prove it. As the paper’s first online editor, she launched Seven Days email newsletters and started the paper’s first social media accounts. Cathy has overseen Kids VT, Vermont’s...