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Vermont Cannabis History Medical marijuana was made available to Vermont residents with 2004’s Senate Bill 76.  In 2013, HB200 eliminated criminal penalties for possession of up to an ounce and replaced them with civil fines. Recreational usage was legalized in 2018 with the signing of H. 511 (Act 86), making Vermont the first state to legalize marijuana through legislative action rather than a ballot initiative. Vermont Child-Resistant Packaging Rules Vermont’s cannabis labeling and packaging guidelines include the following: Cannabis products must be labeled with the date the product was manufactured, the date the product is best used by, the ingredients...

Utah Cannabis History In 2014, House Bill 105 was signed into law, legalizing possession and use of low-THC CBD oil by qualifying patients with severe epilepsy.  2015’s Senate Bill 259 sought to expand the list of qualifying conditions, but the bill was defeated.  Senate Concurrent Resolution 11 eventually passed in 2016, expanding the list and urging that marijuana be reclassified as a Schedule II drug instead of Schedule I. In 2018, HB 195 was passed, legalizing the "right to try" and grow medical marijuana plants for terminally ill patients.  Later in 2018, the Utah Medical Cannabis Act was signed into...

Oregon Cannabis History Both medical and recreational marijuana use are legal in Oregon.  In 1998, Oregon became the first US state to implement a medical cannabis program with Measure 67, the Oregon Medical Marijuana Act. In 2014, Oregon voters opted to legalize recreational use and possession of marijuana with the passage of Measure 91, or The Control, Regulation, and Taxation of Marijuana and Industrial Hemp Act. As of July 2015, adults 21 and older may possess, gift, and cultivate the following amounts: Outside of the home, adults may possess up to an ounce of marijuana. Adults may gift up to...

New York Cannabis History On March 30, 2021, the New York State Legislature approved the legalization of  marijuana for recreational use by adults with Senate Bill S854A, which enacts the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act.  Previously, the possession of small amounts of cannabis had been decriminalized, and medicinal cannabis use was allowed for qualifying patients. New Yorkers are now allowed to possess up to three ounces of cannabis for recreational use or 24 grams of concentrated cannabis, such as oils derived from a cannabis plant. People who are 21 and older are allowed to use, smoke, ingest or consume cannabis...