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I suspect this would be true in any nursing home in the country that recieves federal funding.

BURLINGTON, Vt. Vermont’s medical marijuana law is not recognized in nursing homes.

Shane Higgins, who has multiple sclerosis and is resident of the Starr Farm Nursing Center in Burlington, found that out this spring.

He is on the state’s medical marijuana registry, which theoretically allows him to legally possess and consume marijuana. But his place of residence poses a problem.

When the staff found a marijuana cigarette in Higgins’ room, they called police.

Starr Farm Nursing Center administrators say they can’t allow marijuana on the premises because the federal government doesn’t recognize Vermont’s medical marijuana law and the nursing home receives federal funding.