Vermont cannabis law
Key points
Legal status
Fully legal
Possession limits
| Medical patients | 2 oz |
| Recreational users | 1 oz |
State taxes
| Medical patients | 0% |
| Recreational users | 14% excise tax plus 6% sales tax |
Cultivation
| Medical patients | 6 mature, 12 immature plants |
| Recreational users | 2 mature, 4 immature plants |
Cultivation is legal
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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.
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
2,894
Source: Cannabis Control Board, as of January 2024
Employment Protections for Qualifying Patients
Reciprocity
No
