Vermont Medical Marijuana Law

Status

Operational

Law Signed:

2004

QUALIFYING CONDITIONS

  • Any patient receiving hospice care
  • Cachexia or wasting syndrome
  • Cancer
  • Crohn’s disease
  • Glaucoma
  • HIV or AIDS
  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • Parkinson’s disease
  • PTSD
  • Seizures
  • Severe or chronic pain
  • Severe nausea

PATIENT POSSESSION LIMITS

Two ounces of usable marijuana. Single servings of medical cannabis products may possess no more than 100 mgs of THC.

HOME CULTIVATION

Yes, no more than 12 marijuana plants, of which no more than six may be mature. Patients are explicitly permitted to possess the total harvest of their plants. 

STATE-LICENSED DISPENSARIES ALLOWED

Yes. Dispensaries may lawfully engage in home delivery.

STATE-LICENSED DISPENSARIES OPERATIONAL

Yes

MEDICAL MARIJUANA STATUTES

  • Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 18, §§ 4471- 4474d (2003)
  • Vt. Stat. Ann. Tit. 18, §4472(6); 4474(1),(2)(c) (2003)

CAREGIVERS

Registered caregivers may serve no more than two registered patients at a time.

ESTIMATED NUMBER OF REGISTERED PATIENTS

EMPLOYMENT PROTECTIONS FOR QUALIFYING PATIENTS

RECIPROCITY

No

CONTACT INFORMATION

Vermont Marijuana Registry