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Vermont's Governor Phil Scott has vetoed a bill that would legalize recreational cannabis in the state, but says "there is a path forward on this issue":
Vermont Governor Phil Scott, a Republican, said on Wednesday he was vetoing a bill to legalize marijuana, and sending it back to the legislature for changes. "We must get this right," Scott said in prepared remarks at a press conference today. "I think we need to move a little bit slower."
Though he said he views the issue "through a libertarian lens," Scott vetoed the bill due to concerns about detecting and penalizing impaired drivers, protecting children, and the role and makeup of a Marijuana Regulatory Commission. The governor said he is "not philosophically opposed" to legalization, "and I recognize there is a clear societal shift in that direction." He said he'll send recommended changes to the the Democratic-majority legislature, and that if they address his concerns, "there is a path forward on this issue."
Also at The Hill, NORML, Reason, The Washington Post (AP), and The Vermont Standard.
Previously: Vermont Legislature Passes Cannabis Legalisation Bill
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 26 2017, @02:56PM (3 children)
> There are already laws on the books about driving while impaired, etc., regardless of the cause.
Are there? Seems like an assumption of faith on your part. Why do they do breathalyzers and blood test for alcohol if these generic laws exist?
As the NPR article noted, there is not good tech for accurately measuring marijuana impairment. There are lots of stories of people being arrested for marijuana DUI because their blood tested positive for metabolites that were a week old.
> He wants the State to have a monopoly on producing marijuana.
No, he wants a regulated market, not a monopoly on production. And I agree in principle. The last thing we need is the creation of a Big Marijuana that becomes a cancer on our government the way Big Tobacco has. At the very least states that legalize pot should start with state operated pot stores just like there are state operated liquor stores. If it turns out that is not the best approach it is easy to go to completely independent pot stores. But if we start with independent pot stores and there are big problems with it, now you've got Big Marijuana lobbying money preventing the state from fixing those problems.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 26 2017, @04:48PM (2 children)
fuck your regulation and your government. fuck your slave society. we will have blood or freedom in my lifetime. pick one. you're running out of time.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 26 2017, @05:13PM
Don't you generally need to have the former before you obtain the latter?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 26 2017, @11:37PM
Enjoy being a slave to Facebook, Google, and Neo-Tobacco because Freedom!