“While the current conversation in Vermont about marijuana is decriminalization, the legalization of marijuana is moving fast in parts of the United States, and it looks as though the domino effect could quickly move to other states such as Vermont,” said former U.S. Congressman Patrick Kennedy, Project SAM’s chairman.
“I have devoted my life to mental health awareness and the establishment of a modern health system that recognizes the importance of preventing and treating mental illness, and I am extremely concerned about how America’s current rush toward marijuana legalization could increase our health problems by allowing a permissive environment for addiction.”
See more — and watch this video from SAM’s time in Vermont.