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What Will Local Control Look Like in Vermont?
There’s less than a year on the clock until Vermont’s first adult-use cannabis ...
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Control Board Tackles Accessibility for Small Cultivators, Peer to Peer Networking
MONTPELIER — On Tuesday, January 18, following a holiday weekend, the Vermont Cannabis Control Board convened to ...
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Vermont Cannabis Control Board Regulators Request More Staff Funding
The Vermont Cannabis Control Board has told lawmakers that the Board will need about a ...
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The Countdown to Town Meeting Day is On: Advocates Push for Petition Signatures as Deadlines Near
As the deadline approaches to finalize Town Meeting ballots, cannabis advocates and entrepreneurs are in ...
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What Will Local Control Look Like in Vermont?
There’s less than a year on the clock until Vermont’s first adult-use cannabis ...
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Vermont Supreme Court: Pair stopped by Border Patrol can’t be prosecuted
MONTPELIER — The state Supreme Court ruled Friday that a Vermont couple cannot be prosecuted in ...
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Town of Rutland to draft cannabis ballot article
RUTLAND — Rutland Town voters will likely get to decide whether or not to allow retail ...
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Vermont S.186: Medical Cannabis Bill Summary
Vermont S.186: An act relating to the Medical Cannabis Registry S.186 was introduced for the ...
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Vermont H.502: Tax on Wholesale Cannabis Bill Summary
Vermont H.502: An act relating to the cannabis wholesale gross receipts tax H.502 was introduced ...
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Vermont S.185: Miscellaneous Cannabis Bill Summary
Vermont S.185: An act relating to miscellaneous cannabis establishment procedures S.185 was introduced for the ...
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Vermont S.188: Cannabis Agriculture Bill Summary
Vermont S.188: An act relating to regulating licensed small cannabis cultivators as farming S. 188 was ...
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Vermont Medical Cannabis Program Transition Announcement
An important memo from the Vermont Cannabis Control board regarding the transition of the Vermont ...
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Vermont Cannabis Control Board Adds Proposal C to Licensing Fees
MONTPELIER — During yesterday’s regular meeting of the Vermont Cannabis Control Board, regulators announced the ...
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Why Supporting Women-Owned Business Matters: Vermont Female Founders Share Their WisdomÂ
With a worldwide supply chain shortage that’s making online shopping a risky venture at ...
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Rosie’s Confections Takes a Stand Against “Cheap” Chocolate
Take a bite of an inexpensive chocolate bar – the kind of chocolate that American households ...
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Cannabis Media Company Heady Vermont Announces Strategic Re-launch
BURLINGTON — Cannabis media and events platform Heady Vermont today unveiled a new look with the ...
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Cannabis Home Delivery Services Launch In Massachusetts
Home-delivered cannabis products have arrived in Massachusetts. At least two companies in the Commonwealth state ...
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Vermont Hemp Production Plan Gets Approval From USDA
MONTPELIER — The Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets’ (VAAFM) Hemp Program received approval from ...
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USDA Planning Large-Scale Survey Of 20,000 Hemp Farmers
Federal agriculture officials are once again asking the White House for permission to send a ...
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Defining the Difference: Vermont Hemp Program and the Cannabis Control Board
MONTPELIER — Recently, officials with the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets (VAAFM) Hemp Program ...
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VT Agency of Ag: Making of Delta-8, Use in Hemp Products Not Allowed Under Hemp Program
Is the Manufacture of Delta-8-THC or its Use in Hemp Products Permitted under the ...
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Vermont Joins List of States Banning Delta-8 THC
MONTPELIER — Vermont regulators have officially categorized hemp-based Delta-8 THC products as illegal under state law. ...
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USDA Seeks Public Comment on Survey of 18,000 Hemp Producers
The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to distribute a survey across the country in ...
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National Cannabis Industry Association Urges DEA to Rescind Interim Hemp Rule
Organization submitted comments on proposed rule that oversteps Congress and would create confusion in hemp ...
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Medical Patients, Caregivers Look For Answers as Cannabis Control Board Prepares to Transition MMJ Program
MONTPELIER — As Vermont’s Cannabis Control Board (CCB) prepares to take the medical program over ...
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Who Makes Up the Vermont Cannabis Trades Association?
Who Are The Members of The Vermont Cannabis Trades Association (VCTA)? The Vermont Cannabis Trades ...
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Federal judge hears arguments over Maine’s medical cannabis seller residency requirement
PORTLAND, Maine — U.S. District Judge Nancy Torresen heard oral arguments on the case in ...
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VT News Roundup: CCB Public Input Deadline Nears, Cannabis on Local Selectboard Agendas
MONTPELIER — The deadline is approaching for the public to submit its comments on the Vermont ...
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Cannabis Control Board Shares Proposed State Rules in Vermont Newspapers of Record
PROPOSED STATE RULES By law, public notice of proposed rules must be given by publication ...
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Town Hall Meeting on Cannabis to be Held at Hartford Vermont HS on Monday
Hosted by the Hartford Selectboard and Hartford Community Coalition to gain input from the community ...
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VT News Roundup: Control Board Stays Firm on Labeling, Discusses Future of Medical; Opt-In Updates in Rockingham and Wilmington
MONTPELIER — The Vermont Cannabis Control Board has decided against recommending specific warning labels on the ...
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Vermont Cannabis Control Board Warns of Scam
MONTPELIER — The Vermont Cannabis Control Board recently received notification of a scam targeting prospective participants ...
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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 ...
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For Vermont Social Equity Applicants, Support Can’t Wait
Advocates and entrepreneurs say that while the Cannabis Control Board’s preliminary recommendations for a ...
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Town halls highlight gaps in social equity guidelines
WATERBURY — For Vermonters harmed by cannabis prohibition, two major hurdles could keep a place in ...
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WCAX: Cannabis Control Board hits the ground running
Originally published on WCAX, reported by Calvin Cutler BURLINGTON — Facing a full plate of work ...
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As Abenaki Bills Pass, A Look at Where Vermont’s Indigenous Tribes Stand
“For all of us, becoming indigenous to a place means living as if your children’...
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Statement: Release of Grand Jury’s Findings in Breonna Taylor Killing by Louisville Police
From our friends at the Drug Policy Alliance. The Real Culprit is the Drug War ...
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Hemp Farming and Slavery: A Story of Exploit and Shame
Slave labor brought this labor-intensive crop to prominence in centuries past. As the hemp industry ...
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Lyneisha Watson: An Intimate Relationship With Cannabis
We met cannabis journalist Lyneisha Watson when she contacted us after we shared a piece ...
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Fact Check: Weed Dealers Don’t Put Fentanyl in Cannabis
A news story published by WCAXÂ late last night said Brattleboro police are warning Vermonters ...
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Op-Ed: Do What You Love – Embracing a Heady Future
Our last signature in-person event was The Headies, in January of 2020 – just weeks before the ...
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Why The Governor Should Sign S. 54 and S. 234
Cannabis is probably the most politicized plant on Planet Earth. It has repeatedly and consistently ...
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Remembering Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, scholar, lawyer, judge, and Supreme Court Justice, passed away on Friday, September 18. ...
Cannacurious: Learn The Basics
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Terpenes
Terpenes are the compounds responsible for the way most plants smell. They are abundant in ...
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Cannabis Bract
The bracts are small, modified leaves that enclose and protect the seed in what some ...
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Calyx
The calyx is the first part of the flower that is formed when a young ...
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Entourage Effect
The entourage effect is a proposed mechanism by which cannabis compounds other than tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) ...
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Endocannabinoid System
The endocannabinoid system (ECS) is a complex nerve cell signaling system that modulates the central ...
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Decarboxylation
Decarboxylation, also called ‘decarb’ or ‘decarbing’, is the chemical reaction responsible for activating the cannabinoids ...
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News Roll Up: Maine Tops $250K in Adult Use Sales + Biden Promises Decrim + USDA Surveying Hemp Businesses
“I don’t believe anybody should be going to jail for drug use…We should ...
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Massachusetts Regulators Consider Cannabis Lounge Licenses
BOSTON, Mass. — State regulators and cannabis industry experts are meeting to discuss detailed proposals for ...
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Thousands of New Englanders Convene for Cannabis at NECANN Boston
BOSTON, Mass. — During the Saturday and Sunday immediately following 4/20, over 110 vendors, 90 speakers and 4,000-plus attendees ...
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Feds charge 13, including cops and a prosecutor, in alleged Maine cannabis conspiracy
FARMINGTON, Maine — More than a dozen people, including law enforcement officers and elected officials, are ...
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More than 90% of Maine towns still don’t allow adult use cannabis sales
Maine’s recreational cannabis market continues to grow, even though less than 10% of the towns ...
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Breaking Another Record, Maine Adult-Use Sales Exceed $10 Million For First Time
AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine’s adult-use cannabis retailers continue to break sales records, with more than $10 ...
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Maine adult-use cannabis sales jumped 45% in July, to nearly $10 million
Officials say it’s likely that summer tourism, market growth and the Fourth of July ...
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Sweet Dirt Announces Maine’s First Certified Clean Adult Use Cannabis
Company sees growing demand for more sustainable, organically grown cannabis ELIOT, Maine, — Sweet Dirt, a ...
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Vermont Agency of Agriculture Responds to Maine CBD Product Ban
In response to inquiries from Vermont hemp farmers, processors, and product-makers unsettled by Maine’s ...
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