Vermont Medical Society Calls for 15% THC Potency Cap

MONTPELIER — The Vermont Medical Society (VMS) last month adopted a resolution calling for a 15% THC limit on adult-use cannabis products in the state. The potency cap follows a trend of similar bans by legislators in other states such as Colorado and Washington.

The VMS Board said that the state “has the nation’s highest past-month cannabis use, including use of high potency (greater than 15%) THC” and noted that the Vermont Department of Health said last year that cannabis use “is a significant public health problem in Vermont and it is getting worse.”

They also urged the state to consider additional health warnings on all cannabis products once they go on the market next October. The VMS Board is calling for cannabis packaging and advertising to include warnings about psychosis, impaired driving, addiction, suicide attempt, uncontrollable vomiting, and harm to fetuses or nursing babies.

The society represents 2,400 physicians and physician assistants.