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Advocates urge directing cannabis excise tax to land access, expungement and small business support
Summary
The Land Access and Opportunity Board recommended the committee dedicate excise-tax revenue to community reinvestment, housing and a Cannabis Business Development Fund, and urged stronger expungement and supports for medical cannabis patients and small, craft producers.
Jean Hamilton, co‑director for the Land Access and Opportunity Board (LAOB), told the committee that cannabis policy must include measures to repair harms caused by historic criminalization and to ensure the economic benefits of legalization reach communities that were disproportionately impacted.
"The LAOB was created to improve access to woodlands, farmland, and land and homeownership for Vermonters from historically marginalized or disadvantaged communities,"…
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