The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
(Cite as: 18 V.S.A. § 4801)
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§ 4801. Declaration of policy
(a) It is the policy of the State of Vermont that alcoholism and alcohol abuse are correctly
perceived as health and social problems rather than criminal transgressions against
the welfare and morals of the public.
(b) The General Assembly therefore declares that:
(1) alcoholics and alcohol abusers shall no longer be subjected to criminal prosecution
solely because of their consumption of alcoholic beverages or other behavior related
to consumption that is not directly injurious to the welfare or property of the public;
and
(2) alcoholics and alcohol abusers shall be treated as persons with the condition of alcoholism
and shall be provided adequate and appropriate medical and other humane rehabilitative
services congruent with their needs. (Added 2013, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 118, eff. May 20, 2014; amended 2017, No. 113 (Adj. Sess.), § 89.)