Virginia Adds Smokable Flower to Medical Cannabis Program | Ganjapreneur

The Virginia Legislature has approved a bill to add flower products to the state’s medical cannabis program. The measure had… Read More

With deadline looming, Virginia lawmakers still negotiating marijuana legalization bill - Virginia...

With a Saturday deadline approaching, state lawmakers in the House and Senate are still working to resolve differences over landmark legislation that would legalize recreational marijuana in Virgin...

Questions raised about legalizing marijuana and equity

Re: “Coalition pushes Black inclusion in marijuana legalization,” Free Press Dec. 31, 2020-Jan. 2, 2021, edition:

Personality: E. Martin ‘Marty’ Jewell

In a time of growing econom- ic instability for marginalized communities, E. Martin “Mar- ty” Jewell sees an opportunity in a new industry for Virginia’s minority population and he is determined to...

With New Lobbying Clout, Big Pot Has Arrived: Cannabis Weekly

Altria joins lobbying effort on marijuana legalization in Virginia - Virginia Mercury

Henrico-based tobacco giant Altria has registered to lobby on marijuana legalization in Virginia — a first for the company at the state or federal level, according to a cannabis industry trade...

Southwest Virginia Commonwealth’s Attorney reacts to legislators passing bills to legalize marijuana

On Friday, lawmakers in the Virginia House of Delegates and Senate passed bills to legalize marijuana in the Commonwealth, making it the first state in the South to do so.

Virginia lawmakers vote to legalize marijuana, but House and Senate still have to agree on details...

Virginia lawmakers voted Friday to legalize marijuana, agreeing in principle to legislation that would allow retail sales to begin in 2024 and expunge many past convictions. “Our commonwealth’s...

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‘I’ve Done Time for This Plant’: Virginia Aims to Diversify Marijuana Industry

As Virginia prepares to legalize the adult use of recreational marijuana, it is grappling with questions of how the industry will be set up and who will profit off of it. One Richmond man says he...

Marijuana will be legal in Virginia after historic vote, with dispensaries opening in 2024

Lawmakers approved legalization Friday, and Gov. Ralph Northam has signaled his support.

POT FOR PROFIT: Man charged with marijuana felonies calls for legalization

We spoke with one Hampton Roads man who has lived as a felon ever since his marijuana-related arrest. People caught with marijuana in 2021 might face different fates

Virginia General Assembly poised for historic votes to legalize marijuana and end death penalty

Northam calls for special session to give lawmakers time to finish their ambitious work.

Marijuana legalization advances in Virginia, but lawmakers push start date to 2024 - Virginia...

Landmark legislation that would make Virginia the first state in the South to legalize marijuana is heading toward its first full votes before the House and Senate this week. And while the proposal...

Schapiro: Virginia's Prohibition repeal redux

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The so-called "war on drugs" was a failure, locking up generations of Black men and tearing Black families apart. Now lawmakers in Richmond are finally coming around to realizing the damage that the...

Locked up for weed, locked out of a $100B industry: Virginia could learn from other state’s...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — One group in Virginia says enough is enough when it comes to the criminal justice system, which has sent a disproportionate number of minorities to jail on marijuana …

Marijuana Policy Alterations In Virginia  - Cannabis Health Insider

Marijuana legislative alterations can enable authorities to control the illegal business of marijuana, including its sales and cultivation

Weed legalization, paid sick leave strongly favored by Virginia voters, CNU poll finds

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — In a recent poll from CNU, the majority of Virginia voters support the legalization of marijuana in the state as well as paid sick leave in the workplace, among other iss…

Virginia is for stoners? Democrats press legalization in new territory

State lawmakers are angling to pass legislation before the session ends Feb. 11.