With legalization expected, backers keep up push for regulated pot market

Rep. Sarah Copeland Hanzas, D-Bradford, speaks at a news conference Tuesday on cannabis reform. On the right is Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman. Photo by John Young/VTDigger
As the Vermont Senate prepared for a Wednesday vote on a bill to legalize small amounts of marijuana, supporters rallied to back the long-debated change while pushing to go farther.
The Senate is slated to vote early in the afternoon on a measure the House approved last week that would remove civil and criminal penalties for posses