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Lawmakers and advocates press for public consumption rules and restoration of social‑equity funding
Summary
Committee members, advocates and growers said public consumption rules and social equity funding are unfinished priorities. Witnesses urged statutory language allowing consumption where tobacco is allowed and warned that the market’s current structure and enforcement patterns could disproportionately harm marginalized communities.
Several witnesses and committee members told the Senate Economic Development, Housing & General Affairs Committee that public consumption rules and social equity funding need fuller legislative action next year.
Graham, policy director of Rural Vermont, and other advocates said existing enforcement patterns in other states show disproportionate policing of consumption and that Vermont’s current approach risks repeating those harms. Graham said the coalition’s recommended language…
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