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Health officials urge keeping current cannabis serving and packaging limits as industry seeks looser rules
Summary
At a House Human Services hearing on S278, health officials urged lawmakers to retain Vermont’s single-serving, per-package and possession limits and existing advertising rules, while industry representatives argued raising edible potency to the 10 mg national standard would pull consumers from the illicit market.
House Human Services heard competing public‑health and industry views on S278, an act relating to cannabis, during testimony focused on packaging, serving sizes, possession limits, advertising and delivery pilots.
Shayla Livingston, interim deputy commissioner at the Vermont Department of Health, told the committee the department wants the bill to retain current single‑serving limits and possession/purchase thresholds. "We would like to see the bill maintain the single serving package limits and not increase those," she said, adding that concentration, serving size and packaging help reduce accidental ingestion and overconsumption.
The Vermont Medical Society and pediatric and family‑medicine groups echoed that position. Jill Sakafar, representing the Vermont Medical Society, the American Academy of Pediatrics Vermont chapter and Vermont Family Physicians, said the organizations support the version that preserved advertising…
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