{"id":8285,"date":"2018-05-20T03:02:17","date_gmt":"2018-05-20T03:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.420magazine.com\/?p=18779"},"modified":"2018-05-20T03:02:17","modified_gmt":"2018-05-20T03:02:17","slug":"will-vermont-marijuana-law-allow-you-to-smoke-at-this-summers-concerts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/will-vermont-marijuana-law-allow-you-to-smoke-at-this-summers-concerts\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Vermont Marijuana Law Allow You To Smoke At This Summer\u2019s Concerts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/will-vermont-marijuana-law-allow-you-to-smoke-at-this-summers-concerts\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p>Planning a pot party at your first outdoor concert after Vermont\u2019s marijuana legalization law takes effect July 1? You might not want to haul out that lighter just yet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur outdoor concerts are all non-smoking so pot legalization doesn\u2019t really come into play,\u201d Alex Crothers, co-owner of the Higher Ground music venue, wrote in a recent email to the Burlington Free Press.<\/p>\n<p>The new law will allow people to possess up to one ounce of marijuana and grow up to six marijuana plants, two of which can be mature. Those growing marijuana can store more than an ounce in a secure location indoors, but are only allowed to possess an ounce or less in public.<\/p>\n<p>Retail sale of marijuana remains illegal, though legislators continue to discuss the possibility of a law permitting commercialization.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHonestly, I don\u2019t think this legislation is going to have much impact in our world,\u201d said Crothers, who through Higher Ground presents concerts at outdoor sites such as Waterfront Park in Burlington and the lawn at the Shelburne Museum. \u201cOnce there\u2019s commercialization we may see some issues that we need to contend with.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Crothers said music promoters from other states report \u201clittle negative impact\u201d from marijuana-legalization laws. Representatives of Green Mountain Concert Services, which handles security at Higher Ground\u2019s outdoor events, did not respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p>An attorney who specializes in cannabis law said music promoters who do not allow smoking of tobacco at concerts are likely to apply the same rules to marijuana. \u201cBecause it\u2019s being legalized does not give individuals a fundamental right to use it,\u201d said Burlington attorney Tim Fair.<\/p>\n<p>One possible concert venue that could see an increase in marijuana use under the new law is the house concert. Fair warns, though, that marijuana use in a private setting could still be an issue if the concert presenter is charging admission.<\/p>\n<p>The marijuana legalization law \u201cas written is so non-encompassing it doesn\u2019t address a lot of these little nuances,\u201d Fair said. Those selling tickets to house concerts might want to hold off on marijuana use at the performances, he cautioned, \u201cunless you want to be a test case.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.420magazine.com\/420-news\/international-cannabis-news\/will-vermont-marijuana-law-allow-you-to-smoke-at-this-summers-concerts\/\">Will Vermont Marijuana Law Allow You To Smoke At This Summer&#8217;s Concerts<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.420magazine.com\">420 MAGAZINE \u00ae<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Planning a pot party at your first outdoor concert after Vermont\u2019s marijuana legalization law takes effect July 1? You might&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.420magazine.com\/420-news\/international-cannabis-news\/will-vermont-marijuana-law-allow-you-to-smoke-at-this-summers-concerts\/\" class=\"read-more\">[Read More]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.420magazine.com\/420-news\/international-cannabis-news\/will-vermont-marijuana-law-allow-you-to-smoke-at-this-summers-concerts\/\">Will Vermont Marijuana Law Allow You To Smoke At This Summer&#8217;s Concerts<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.420magazine.com\">420 MAGAZINE \u00ae<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1616,9,1,3],"tags":[4184],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8285"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8285\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}