Vermont’s top marijuana regulator says a newly enacted law doubling the legal cannabis possession limit will help ongoing efforts to transition consumers from the illicit market to legal businesses. He also believes that provisions on interstate commerce could lead to the development of regional standards for the industry.
“Anything that removes a prohibition will hopefully encourage more consumers to purchase regulated cannabis,” James Pepper, chair of the Vermont Cannabis Control Board, told VTDigger.
Last month, Gov. Phil Scott (R) signed a bill allowing adults over the age of 21 to legally possess two ounces of marijuana or 10 grams of hashish—twice as much as they could previously.
The new law also takes steps to potentially enable interstate cannabis commerce, creates a pilot program for marijuana sales at events and makes other changes to rules for licensed businesses.
The enacted legislation allows the governor to enter into compacts with other states for cross-border cannabis trade, with the text noting that there is a “shifting federal posture on regulated cannabis markets” and saying it is “the intent of the General Assembly to prepare for the possibility of regional or interstate cannabis markets.”
A provision says that such agreements could only move forward
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