Vermont Cannabis Equity Coalition Priorities

This biennium the VT Cannabis Equity Coalition (Rural VT, NOFA VT, VT Racial Justice Alliance, Vermont Growers’ Association, and recently joined Green Mtn Patients’ Alliance) is looking forward to seeing legislation emerge in both the Senate and the House which we anticipate will directly address many of our coalition's priorities:

1.  20% of Tax Revenue to Reinvestment in Communities Disproportionately harmed in a Community reinvestment fund administered by members of these communities

2.  10% Revenue to the Cannabis Business Development Fund 

3.  Direct Markets and value added for smaller tiers of cultivators and manufacturers

  • On-farm and off-farm direct sales allowances for Cultivation Tiers 1,2 Indoor; 1,2,3 Mixed; 1,2,3 Outdoor

  • Includes allowances for all cultivators to sell products manufactured from their plants wholesale; and the “direct market” tiers to also directly market particular manufactured products 

4.  Agricultural Use and Exemptions

  • All outdoor cannabis cultivation shall be treated as agriculture at the municipal level, including the outdoor cultivation aspects of “mixed tier” licenses.

  • Extend Tier 1 current use and other ag related privileges to all tiers of outdoor cultivation

5.  Increasing Homegrow Allowances to 10 plants or to the new medical allowances

6.  Complete Expungement of any and all Cannabis Related Charges and Not Re-criminalizing 

  • Public consumption anywhere tobacco is allowed

  • Burden on the renter to get permission currently - model this after NY where one is allowed to consume unless specifically prohibited, and can’t limit all forms of consumption (ie edibles, etc.)

7.  The Tier 1 manufacturing license is not economically feasible - increase the income limit

  • Currently costs too much to afford with the limit of income allowed to qualify for it.

8. Breeding License

  • Separate license

  • Some precedent in other States; in some cases can’t sell flower at all from this license type

  • Both breeding and cultivators licenses can sell live immature plants

9. Licensure / regulation of live Plant Sales:  

  • Allow cultivators to sell seeds and living plants they grow directly to customers.

10.  Support for Green Mountain Patients’ Alliance’s proposed medical cannabis policies


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