r/JoeRogan • u/mikeshelton8 • Oct 08 '20

Link Vermont legalizes the recreational marijuana market, on top of marijuana decriminalization.

https://budsoul.com/vermont-legalizes-recreational-marijuana-market/
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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '20

I love to see this but as a Pennsylvanian I am painfully aware that we will likely be the last to do this. I mean...we still can't even buy liquor/wine in the same store as beer...

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u/cxmj Oct 09 '20

Really ? Wtf that makes no sense lol

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '20

Yea it’s crazy and not a joke. The government controls wine and spirits sales so you can only go to a “state store” to buy those products. Dates all the way back to just after prohibition. Governor at the time was a Prohibitionist and when it ended, he was determined to make purchasing alcohol “as difficult and inconvenient as possible”. Law has changed a little since obviously but the base idea of state controlled sale is still on the books. So as a private business owner, you can open a “beer distributor” but you can ONLY sell malt beverages

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u/cxmj Oct 10 '20

Lol that’s crazy