The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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Subchapter
001
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REGULATED DRUGS
(Cite as: 18 V.S.A. § 4230g)
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§ 4230g. Dispensing cannabis to a person under 21 years of age; civil action for damages
(a) A spouse, child, guardian, employer, or other person who is injured in person, property,
or means of support by a person under 21 years of age who is impaired by cannabis,
or in consequence of the impairment by cannabis of any person under 21 years of age,
shall have a right of action in his or her own name, jointly or severally, against
any person or persons who have caused in whole or in part such impairment by knowingly
dispensing cannabis to a person under 21 years of age or enabling the consumption
of cannabis by a person under 21 years of age.
(b) Upon the death of either party, the action and right of action shall survive to or
against the party’s executor or administrator. The party injured or his or her legal
representatives may bring either a joint action against the impaired person under
21 years of age and the person or persons who knowingly dispensed the cannabis or
enabled the consumption of the cannabis, or a separate action against either or any
of them.
(c) An action to recover for damages under this section shall be commenced within two
years after the cause of action accrues, and not after.
(d) In an action brought under this section, evidence of responsible actions taken or
not taken is admissible if otherwise relevant.
(e) A defendant in an action brought under this section has a right of contribution from
any other responsible person or persons, which may be enforced in a separate action
brought for that purpose.
(f) A person who knowingly dispenses cannabis to a person under 21 years of age or who
enables consumption of cannabis by a person under 21 years of age may be held liable
under this section if the person knew, or a reasonable person in the same circumstances
would have known, that the person who received the cannabis was under 21 years of
age. (Added 2017, No. 86 (Adj. Sess.), § 9.)