Governor says he’ll sign legislation allowing marijuana possession

Gov. Phil Scott speaks at a press conference. File photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDiggerGov. Phil Scott says he will stand by his commitment to support legislation that would legalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana in Vermont.
“I made that commitment. It’s a libertarian approach,” the governor said Friday during an interview on Vermont Public Radio’s “Vermont Edition.”However, he said that before supporting a measure to set up a regulatory and tax sys