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Cannabis Control Board tells panel medical program is shrinking; proposes Canify tool, vape safeguards and a review process for qualifying conditions
Summary
The Cannabis Control Board reported falling medical patient numbers, recommended a vetted decision tool (Canify) for point‑of‑sale guidance, flagged vape cartridge contaminants and battery disposal as concerns, and raised whether qualifying condition review should move outside the Legislature.
The Cannabis Control Board told the House Human Services Committee on Oct. 12 that Vermont’s medical cannabis program has many services not available under adult use but that patient enrollment has fallen since home cultivation and adult‑use legalization, prompting questions about how to preserve medical protections and whether the state should change who decides qualifying conditions.
"There is kind of an inherent dissonance with the medical program, because cannabis is a controlled... schedule 1 controlled substance federally," James Pepper, chair of the Cannabis Control Board, told the committee. Pepper reviewed an Act 166‑required report that documented declining patient registrations, consolidation of standalone medical dispensaries and the emergence of co‑located adult‑use/medical…
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