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News + Opinion
The Cannabis Catch-Up: A Tiger, Mike Tyson and Weed
There were plenty of weird weed stories this week, but there’s one out of Texas that takes the cake. Someone entered an abandoned home… -
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Vermont Senate Committee Approves Retail Cannabis Bill
By a 4-1 vote Friday morning, the Vermont Senate Judiciary Committee backed a bill to create a regulated retail cannabis market in the state. The legislation,… -
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The Cannabis Catch-Up: The War on CBD
Even as cannabis legalization becomes more widespread, its nonpsychoactive cousin is taking a hit. Officials in New York and Maine have ordered cannabidiol-laced food… -
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Vermont House Bill Would Allow Legal Cannabis Sales Next Year
A new bill proposed by Rep. Sam Young (D-Greensboro) would allow adults in Vermont to legally purchase weed on January 1, 2020. Young’s legislation to… -
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The Cannabis Catch-Up: Does This Vermont Weed Bill Stand a Chance?
The Vermont Senate sure acted fast. Just a few weeks into the session, there’s a new bill under consideration to tax and regulate cannabis… -
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Vermont Attorney General Wants a Regulated Weed Market
For the first time, Vermont's attorney general has voiced strong support for taxing and regulating cannabis. “We have to have a regulated market,” T.J. Donovan told… -
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Feds Say Burlington Pot Shop Owner Possessed Guns, Sold to Minors
Updated 10:25 p.m. Authorities seized a loaded handgun, five ounces of marijuana and more than $11,000 in cash during a Tuesday raid on a Church… -
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Before Legal Pot Sales, Health Department Wants Millions for Education, Prevention Programs
Vermont Health Commissioner Mark Levine wants lawmakers to budget millions of dollars for cannabis education and prevention programs before the state starts collecting revenue… -
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Cops Bust a Burlington Pot Shop That Hid in Plain Sight
Updated January 29, 2019 at 8:50 p.m. Authorities on Tuesday raided a Church Street business that had been selling marijuana for months in the… -
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Rules Would Put a Premium on Hemp Products Made in Vermont
The skunky aroma of cannabis greeted a visitor at the door of Kria Botanicals' small South Burlington lab last week. Inside, a shiny silver… -
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Music
Vacationer's Kenny Vasoli Talks Cannabis, Samples and His Chameleonic Career
Depending on when listeners first discovered Kenny Vasoli, they might think of the Philadelphia-based artist either in terms of punk music or hip-hop-inspired electro-pop.… -
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The Cannabis Catch-Up: California Dreamin' — or Nightmare?
One year in, cannabis legalization does not appear to be the boon that California had hoped. Legal sales fell by half a billion dollars… -
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The Cannabis Catch-Up: The Big Reveal
The Governor’s Marijuana Advisory Commission has released its final report, just a few weeks before the Vermont legislature will convene and almost surely begin… -
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Food + Drink
Allergen-Sensitive Cooking at Sweet Alchemy Bakery & Café
A preschooler blew bubbles while he and his mother waited for their order of smoothies and loaded nachos last Thursday at Sweet Alchemy Bakery… -
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The Cannabis Catch-Up: Seeing Through the Haze
This week's weed news in some ways paralleled the climax of the special counsel’s investigation into President Donald Trump. Before you call me crazy,… -
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Winooski Green Card Holder Faces Deportation for Pot Conviction
Thao Vo was riding to the bank on his motorcycle last August when a man driving a black Dodge Durango pulled him over. A… -
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The Cannabis Catch-Up: Moldy Weed at CVD?
Is there a mold problem at Champlain Valley Dispensary? Yes, say five former employees who spoke to VTDigger.org for a story published December 4.… -
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Vermont General Store Owners Innovate to Stay Relevant
Jack Keefe doesn't smoke much weed, but he sure would like to sell it. The middle-age proprietor of the Jacksonville General Store displays… -
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The Cannabis Catch-Up: Drive-Through CBD and ‘Grandma’s Miracle Sticky Buns’
We’re right in the thick of the holiday season, so cannabis companies are pitching products as “must-haves” for the loved ones on your list.… -
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Ready to Roll? Lawmakers Will Again Consider Legalizing Cannabis Sales
The smoke has barely cleared after the elections, but pot proponents are already optimistic that the new Vermont legislature will legalize the sale of… -
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The Cannabis Catch-Up: Numbers Game
After months of uncertainty, the task force examining a potential taxed-and-regulated marijuana market for Vermont has released its most important number to date: 26.… -
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Vermont Panel to Propose 26 Percent Tax on Retail Weed
Gov. Phil Scott’s task force studying pot policy released draft recommendations this week for how the state should structure a taxed-and-regulated retail cannabis market.… -
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Weed for Warriors: Veterans Day Event Features Free Cannabis
In honor of Veterans Day on Sunday, Heady Vermont staffers opened their Burlington office — and a sizable stash of cannabis — to those… -
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The Cannabis Catch-Up: Weed Wins the Elections
Cannabis was on the ballot across the country Tuesday, and advocates must be happy with the results. The biggest win: Voters in Michigan legalized… -
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The Cannabis Catch-Up: Support for Pot Legalization Reaches a New High
A new Gallup poll found that two in three Americans — 66 percent — support cannabis legalization. Such strong support is no surprise here…
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