Vermont had previously legalized recreational marijuana, but not cannabis sales. The new bill would prioritize small and minority-owned businesses for licenses.
The governor said that he would like to legalize cannabis in order to bring in more revenue for the state and thinks that selling weed in the state liquor stores is the way to do it.
With unionization becoming ever more common in the cannabis industry, Labor Day 2020 provides an opportunity to take a closer look at the state of cannabis labor unions in the U.S..