Vermont lawmakers have rejected a plan that would have allowed cannabis growers to sell directly to consumers, and some growers say that decision could force of them out of business.
Because there's limited shelf space at the state's retail stores, many small growers urged lawmakers to let them sell directly to consumers.
Under a compromise plan developed in the Senate, a pilot program would have allowed this to happen, under the auspices of a licensed retailer, at a setting like a farmers market.
But a group of House members objected to the plan because they thought it put the state in the business of promoting cannabis use.
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