The Chronicle of Higher Education

U. of Vermont Pays $15,000 to 2 Students Who Were Arrested in Pro-Marijuana Rally

By DANIEL ENGBER

The University of Vermont has agreed to pay $7,500 each to two students who were arrested at a campus rally last spring in support of legalizing marijuana. The students asserted that their First Amendment rights had been violated and that the university had pursued disciplinary action against them even...

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