Want Marijuana Legalized in the State Of Vermont?  Are you a resident currently living in Vermont?  Sign this petition to better legalize recreational use of Marijuana in the State of Vermont. Latest Update: January 8, 2016 Vermont’s effort to legalize and regulate marijuana received a boost in August when House Speaker Shap Smith announced his support for marijuana regulation. Smith joined Gov. Peter Shumlin, Senate Republican Leader Joe Benning, and other Vermont political leaders as public supporters of ending marijuana prohibition. On January 16, 2015, researchers from the Rand Corporation presented legislators with an in-depth report on marijuana legalization and regulation options in Vermont. The report, which was authorized by the legislature in 2014, revealed that approximately 80,000 Vermonters are regular marijuana users, and that they spend about $175 million each year buying cannabis from the illicit market. The researchers estimated that Vermont could reap between $20 million and $75 million per year in taxes if it decides to regulate. The case for regulating and taxing marijuana in Vermont was bolstered in September 2015, when a poll conducted by the Castleton Polling Institute found 56% support for the idea. Only 34% of Vermonters said they were opposed. In 2015, Senator David Zuckerman (P-Hinesburg) introduced S. 95, which would replace Vermont’s prohibition of marijuana with a system of sensible regulation. Rep. Chris Pearson (P-Burlington) introduced an identical bill in the House. An important Senate committee held extensive hearings during the summer and fall, and the committee chairwoman, Sen. Jeannette White, introduced S. 241 — another approach to marijuana regulation — for 2016. Consideration of these bills is expected to begin in the Senate Judiciary Committee in January. If you live in Vermont, please ask your representatives and senators if they will pledge to support a sensible marijuana regulation bill next year. Please also click here to get involved with the Vermont Coalition to Regulate Marijuana’s historic effort to organize statewide support for ending prohibition.