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House members propose bill to legalize marijuana
A House bill would legalize small amounts of marijuana and marijuana plants without creating a regulated market.
The bill, put forward by a bipartisan group of lawmakers, would remove all civil and criminal penalties for adult possession of 2 ounces or less of marijuana. It would also allow adults to grow a total of two mature marijuana plants and seven immature plants per household.
It does not create any sort of regulatory structure to establish a legal market for marijuana sales.
The proposal is similar to the model adopted in Washington, D.C., in February 2015, after voters approved legalization by ballot initiative the previous November.
Read more: https://vtdigger.org/2017/01/31/house-members-propose-bill-legalize-marijuana/