Author: Matt Blitz
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Beyond/Hello Set To Open Four New Medical Weed Dispensaries In Northern Virginia
Beyond/Hello, one of only four companies licensed to sell cannabis in Virginia, says it’s gearing up to open four new dispensaries in the commonwealth over the next year. All four locations will be in Northern Virginia. One of them, located along Richmond Highway in Alexandria, could start serving patients “within two to four weeks,” Beyond/Hello’s…
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West Virginia Activists Attempt ‘Underused’ Petition Process To Decriminalize Weed
A West Virginia grassroots organization is trying an unusual political maneuver to decriminalize cannabis in two of the Mountain State’s largest cities. The progressive-leaning West Virginia Can’t Wait, headed up by former gubernatorial candidate Stephen Smith, wants to decriminalize weed possession in Charleston and Fairmont through a somewhat obscure ballot campaign that field director Sarah…
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Virginia Weed Patients Soon Won’t Need To Register With The State. That’s A Big Deal.
Cannabis advocates in Virginia were laser-focused last month on stopping a bill that threatened to devastate the commonwealth’s hemp industry while creating new crimes for pot possession. Their efforts paid off when the measure was narrowly voted down by the General Assembly, but the passage of another consequential piece of weed legislation may have gotten…
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How Youngkin Turned A Simple Bill Into A ‘Monster’ For Virginia’s Hemp Industry
When first introduced by Virginia Senator Emmett Hanger, S.B. 591 wasn’t the apocalyptic measure that some in the hemp industry now see it as. The bill didn’t include anything about Delta-8 and hardly mentioned hemp. Initially, it mostly dealt with regulating the commonwealth’s medical cannabis industry by prohibiting the sale of weed products in candy-like…
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How Did The Push For Legal Weed In Virginia Go So Wrong?
This time last year, Virginia Democrats were sky high. While holding the executive and legislative branches, Democrats managed to legalize possession of marijuana in the Commonwealth while becoming the first southern state to do so. Better yet, legalization was imminent, set to be the law of the land by July 1 as an effort to…