Episode 47

Determining demand, fees, and licenses for Vermont's recreational cannabis market

November 19, 2021 (prerecorded 11/17): James Pepper, chair of the state Cannabis Control Board, is back! He updates us on what still needs to happen to launch Vermont's regulated recreational cannabis market. There is a May 1, 2022 deadline after all...

To follow the Cannabis Control Board's work, read their reports, or submit public comment visit the board's page: https://ccb.vermont.gov

Videos of the board's meetings available at ORCA Media's website: https://www.orcamedia.net/series/cannabis-control-board

Theme music by Red Heart the Ticker: http://rhtt.net

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The Montpelier Happy Hour
A show about how things in the State House shake out for the rest of us

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Olga Peters

Producer and host Olga is a journalist by day and a screenwriter by night. On the Montpelier Happy Hour she combines a newshound's doggedness with a fiction writer's sense of "what if...".
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Emilie Kornheiser

Regular contributor Emilie Kornheiser represents Windham District 2-1 in the Vermont House of Representatives (that’s Brattleboro.) She always appreciates an opportunity to unpack the stories that drive us and hopes her gravestone will read “she asked good questions.” You can find more about her and her work in the legislature at emiliekornheiser.org.