YOUR AWARD WINNING, INDEPENDENT, NONPROFIT SOURCE OF NEWS AND VIEWS
✕
YOUR AWARD WINNING, INDEPENDENT, NONPROFIT SOURCE OF NEWS AND VIEWS
✕
Voices

Marijuana history lesson

By
Duncan Wallace
Wednesday, May 2, 2012 — Issue 150

RE: “Why is marijuana still illegal?,” Letters, April 25]:

Vidda Crochetta, there are studies dating back to 1894, when the Indian Hemp Drugs Commission issued the results of a very in-depth study.

The LaGuardia Committee report in 1944, the U.S. National Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse in 1972 (Shafer Commission), and the Canadian Senate Special Committee on Illegal Drugs (2002) are the most significant of these studies.

The one thing all of these studies have in common is that they support the re-legalization of cannabis after in-depth study.

Voices

Stepping up and pulling together

By
Fric Spruyt

Fric Spruyt is a property owner and property manager in Brattleboro and a member of...

Teachers missed out on once-in-a-lifetime opportunity

By
Amy Moore

BRATTLEBORO-The recent eclipse that Vermonters were able to experience was beyond breathtaking. My husband and...

Another choice for end-of-life autonomy

By
Burt Tepfer

PUTNEY-As a physician and a hospice volunteer, I read with interest the recent article highlighting...

Short-term rentals, short-term gains

By
Holly Bartel

BELLOWS FALLS-I see as a huge problem the number of apartments and houses being used...

Subscribe to the newsletter for weekly updates

Other Great Stories in The Commons

News

Task force may consider alimony reform

By
Mike Faher
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 — Issue 348

A Brattleboro businessman's push to reform Vermont's alimony laws appears to be gaining traction in the Legislature. The state Senate Judiciary Committee on March 11 unanimously approved a bill that would create a “Spousal Support and Maintenance Task Force” to consider whether changes are needed in the state's alimony statute. That vote came two days after Rick Fleming, president of Vermont Alimony Reform, made an impassioned pitch for change to committee members. Sen. Dick Sears, D-Bennington and Judiciary Committee chair,

Read More

Voices

BF trustee thanks voters

By
Stefan Golec
Wednesday, May 28, 2014 — Issue 256

I thank the people of the Village of Bellows Falls for their continued support of my re-election to another two-year term as their trustee. I am both honored and humbled that you have given me your trust and confidence to do the people's business. Please remember that as your village trustee I am your representative on the board, that I work for you, and that I'll do my best to continue to remember to serve the people. To represent you...

Read More

Arts

Next Stage concert features Vermont Mandolin Trio, Lissa Schneckenburger

Friday, January 28, 2022 — Issue 645

Next Stage Arts Project and Twilight Music present an evening of bluegrass, jazz, gypsy, classical, and roots music by the Vermont Mandolin Trio - Matt Flinner, Will Patton, and Jamie Masefield - accompanied by acoustic bassist Pat Melvin on Saturday, Jan. 8 at 7:30 p.m. The three Vermont mandolinists perform the music of Bill Monroe, Django Reinhardt, J.S. Bach, and others, with fiddler/singer Lissa Schneckenburger of Brattleboro opening the show at 15 Kimball Hill. Flinner, nominated for a Grammy award...

Read More

Mailing address:
P.O. Box 1212, Brattleboro, VT 05302

Physical address:
139 Main St, Suites 601A and 604, Brattleboro, VT 05302

888-511-5150
[email protected]

Categories

More Info

The Commons is published by Vermont Independent Media, Inc., a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.