House stalls action on plan to regulate and tax marijuana

Possession and cultivation of small amounts of marijuana will become legal July 1. File photo by Andrew Kutches/VTDigger
House members voted overwhelmingly Friday to strike down an eleventh-hour revival of a proposal to tax and regulate recreational marijuana in Vermont
In a vote of 106-28, the House postponed action on the proposal indefinitely, after Rep. Diana Gonzalez, P-Winooski, moved to bring it back on the floor Thursday, arguing that the state’s tight finances called for a bill th