The crowd counted down from ten until the clock hit 4:20 p.m. on April 20. A large cloud of smoke hovered over the Redstone green, ringing in the much-celebrated day. A few Wellness runners jogged by,...
Though much of the UVM student population is an enthusiastic supporter of a good blaze, American legislative policies and misconceptions surrounding weed need to grow past their racist and pseudoscientific...
Brooke Burns, Culture Staff Writer
• October 25, 2022
Retail cannabis sales began in Vermont for consumers aged 21 and older Oct. 1. On the first day of sales, UVM students and area residents flocked to newly-opened Burlington dispensaries to get in on legal...
Stay up to date with the Cynic Roundup, giving you coverage on the stories you might have missed in news last week. In this edition, we take a deeper dive into UVM's reputation as the Princeton Review's...
UVM’s student body smokes the most weed out of any college or university in the U.S., according to an Aug. 6, 2019 Business Insider article.
Smoking cannabis itself is a non-issue. Though the CDC notes...
Delaney Roy, Features Staff Writer
• April 19, 2022
As Vermont’s retail recreational THC market prepares to open, cannabis growers strive to ensure it does so in a sustainable and socially equitable way, said Geoffrey Pizzutillo, cofounder of the Vermont...
Paige Fisher, Culture and Podcasts Editor
• April 18, 2022
Students began gathering on campus annually on April 20 to smoke cannabis during the mid-‘90s. It has since been a recurring event, UVM Police Chief Tim Bilodeau said.
Students anticipate the celebratory...
A group of five UVM students had adverse reactions to cannabis edibles containing THC Dec. 1, UVM Police Chief Tim Bilodeau said. Three of the students were hospitalized.
ResLife reported the incident...
Ella Ruehsen, Assistant News Editor
• April 26, 2021
To cope with the added stressors caused by COVID-19, many UVM students have been smoking more marijuana since the pandemic began according to a Cynic survey.
About 65.6% of 154 respondents to a Cynic...
UVM has been ranked the top school in the nation for cannabis consumption, according to the latest rankings from the Princeton Review.
Also in the top five were the University of Rhode Island, Wesleyan...
Cannabis celebration still riding high
UVM’s annual 4/20 celebration entered a new era as cannabis possession was legalized in Vermont four decades after the event began.
Even though possession of...
So often the fight to legalize cannabis is branded as a fight to have fun, but this ignores the serious repercussions that past cannabis laws have had on people of color.
This past weekend saw the campus...
