Virginia lawmakers OK adult-use cannabis, but will governor sign off?
Virginia lawmakers passed two identical bills Wednesday to create a framework for adult-use marijuana sales.
Virginia lawmakers passed two identical bills Wednesday to create a framework for adult-use marijuana sales.
Adult-use cannabis sales in Virginia would finally begin in May 2025 under a compromise proposal that advanced in the state’s Democratic-controlled General Assembly.
Virginia’s House of Delegates and the Senate advanced two separate bills that would establish regulations and taxes for an adult-use marijuana market in the state, but the governor might not sign off on either.
Lawmakers in Virginia and West Virginia introduced legislation to legalize adult-use marijuana retail operations in their states.
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When Democrats officially retake full control of the Virginia General Assembly in January, newly sworn-in lawmakers will take with them to Richmond renewed hopes the first state in the South to legalize marijuana possession can finally launch an adult-use market that is projected to top $1 billion in sales within a few years.
Sticker shock at medical marijuana dispensaries in Virginia is spurring patients in the state to seek cheaper alternatives, according to a recent study presented to the Cannabis Control Authority.