Marijuana Business Factbook 2019

Marijuana Business Factbook 2019 Chapter 2 | State-By-State: Legal Overview, Market Data and Outlook 160 © Copyright 2020, Marijuana Business Daily , a division of Anne Holland Ventures Inc. You may NOT copy this Factbook, or make public the data and facts contained herein, in part or in whole. For more copies or editorial permissions, contact CustomerService@MJBizDaily.com or call (720) 213-5992, ext. 1. VERMONT Medical REGULATORY OVERVIEW Main measures Senate Bill 76, House Bill 645 (both established authority to license and regulate businesses) Type of measures Legislative bills Year passed 2004 Margin of victory 82 to 59 in the House, 22 to 7 in the Senate Possession limit 2 ounces every 30 days, 2 mature plants and 7 immature plants Patient registry Mandatory―patients must get a recommendation from a health care provider (such as a physician, physician’s assistant, naturopathic physician or advanced practice registered nurse) licensed in Vermont, Massachusetts, New Hampshire or New York Accepts patients registered with other states? No Restrictions on type of marijuana allowed to be sold? No Home cultivation Yes Qualifying medical conditions Cancer, HIV/AIDS, glaucoma, Crohn’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, PTSD and multiple sclerosis (any of these must be accompanied by "severe, persistent and intractable symptoms"), as well as a disease, medical condition that― or whose treatment―is chronic, debilitating and produces one or more of the following intractable symptoms: cachexia/wasting syndrome, chronic pain, severe nausea or seizures Business regulations Heavy. Dispensaries must go through a competitive application process and are subject to regulations covering security, record-keeping, inventory, packaging and labeling, among other areas. The state also has a cap on the number of MMJ dispensaries, which must grow their own cannabis. Separate stand-alone wholesale cultivation operations are not allowed, though dispensaries can donate cannabis to each other for no fee.