Vermont moves toward decriminalizing small amounts of marijuana (Reuters) - Vermont's legislature on Monday approved a bill that would decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana, a measure the state's governor expects to sign into law in the coming weeks. The move sets up the New England ... Vermont end-of-life bill heads to governor Vermont House Speaker Shap Smith, second from left, confers with House Minority Leader Don Turner, right, Monday, May 13, 2013, in Montpelier, Vt. At left is Rep. Tess Taylor and second from right is Rep. Chris Pearson. The House passed the ... Vermont set to become third U.S. state to allow assisted suicide Oregon and Washington state have legalized doctor-assisted suicide in voter referendums. Vermont's measure includes a number of safeguards. Both the patient's primary physician and a consulting doctor must agree the patient is suffering from a ... Vermont wants Monsanto to label its GMOs The bill has already passed Vermont's House of Representatives, making it the furthest that any such bill has ever gotten in the legislation process. The legislative session is ending, and the bill won't reach the Senate floor until January 2014. Vermont about to get aid-in-dying law MONTPELIER, Vt. Vermont is poised to join three other states permitting doctors to prescribe lethal doses of medication to terminally ill patients after the state House approved a compromise bill similar to Oregon's 1997 law. The bill, approved ... Vermont's Union home front The tour will be offered again this summer; see www.nps.gov/mabi for details. Six of Coffin's ancestors served in the Vermont regiments and his fascination with the Civil War knows no bounds. He has just published a new book, Something Abides: Discovering ... Vermont OKs assisted suicide bill The approval of an assisted suicide bill in Vermont brings to a close a 10-year battle in the state over the issue and delivers the third state-level victory for advocates seeking to advance the policy nationwide. But the national implications for the bill ... Vermont moves to pass end-of-life choice law (CNN) ? Vermont moved Monday to become the fourth state in the nation with a law permitting doctors to prescribe deadly doses of medication to patients facing terminal illness, and the first to pass such a measure through the state legislature. Vermont gets new court administrator Longtime Vermont court official Robert Greemore, who helped direct the unification of state courts, is retiring, and his deputy, Patricia Gabel, will be promoted to Vermont court administrator this summer. Greemore, 63, of Barre Town has spent ... You can save this news page by submitting it to your favorite sites:
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