Category: Virginia
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Maryland: MSOs Trulieve, PharmaCann Clean Up At Latest MMCC Meeting
Out-of-state cannabis giants once again grew their territory within Maryland’s medical cannabis industry on Thursday with approval from state regulators. The biggest winner from Thursday’s meeting of the Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission (MMCC) was Trulieve, a Florida-based company with retail, growing and processing operations in 11 states. In an ongoing trend of consolidation, commissioners unanimously…
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Will Virginia’s Towns And Counties Opt-Out of Retail Weed?
Note: This story was first published by District Fray Magazine as part of a collaboration with The Outlaw Report on Take Me Down to Cannabis City, an insider’s guide to the legalization of cannabis in Virginia. Weed shops are at Virginia’s doorstep, but not everyone is rolling out the welcome mat. As state regulators prepare…
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In Richmond, A New Cannabis Nursery Teaches People to Grow Their Own Medicine
Note: This story was first published by District Fray Magazine as part of a collaboration with The Outlaw Report on Take Me Down to Cannabis City, an insider’s guide to the legalization of cannabis in Virginia. About 20 years ago in Temecula, California, Joe Vega stepped out into his parent’s backyard to plant his first…
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‘Cannabis Clubs’ Crop Up In Virginia, Legal Or Not
Now in month three of the legalization era, Virginians are enjoying newfound freedoms with recreational weed: they can grow up to four plants at home, consume in private at their leisure and give it away to friends and relatives age 21 and over. And while a sanctioned recreational industry is still a ways off, that…
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This Virginia Couple Is Selling Pot “Stashboxes” To Keep Drivers Safe From Open Container Laws
Consuming cannabis may now be legal in Virginia, but getting caught with pot behind the wheel can still get you in trouble. Under the commonwealth’s new laws, which went into effect on July 1, having an open container of cannabis in your car is considered a Class 4 misdemeanor. That’s Virginia’s lowest-level criminal offense, meaning…
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The Outlaw Report Podcast: Equity, Sha’Carri, and Crop Eradication
This week, The Outlaw Report’s Scott Cecil talks to Jason Ortiz, the Executive Director of Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) to talk about cannabis equity, how that pertains the to new Connecticut Legalization Law, lessons learned from CT and Virginia, and the fallout of Sha’carri Richardson being banned from competing in the 2020 Tokyo…
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Virginia Legalized Cannabis. For Public Housing Residents, It’s Still Banned.
Recreational cannabis may now be legal in Virginia, but not everyone is reaping the benefits. For Virginians who live in public housing or receive federal rental assistance, using cannabis at home remains prohibited, and could have serious consequences. That’s because cannabis is still a federally banned substance, and organizations that get money from the U.S.…
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In Loudoun County, Critical Race Theory Panics, Kvetching About Cannabis Legalization
Virginia’s Loudoun County made the news last month after an outrageous response from locals at a school board meeting. You likely saw the video or photos of adults losing their minds, screaming in opposition to policies that would protect trans rights and to what they’ve taken to calling “critical race theory” which has been turned…
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Virginia Cannabis Advocates Will Hand Out 10,000 Pot Seeds To Celebrate Legalization And Promote Homegrow
Cannabis legalization goes into effect tomorrow in Virginia and—as the saying goes—good seed makes a good crop. Advocates are getting ready to hand out 10,000 cannabis seeds on Thursday, July 1 to celebrate the first day of legal pot in the commonwealth. Organized by Virginia Marijuana Justice (VAMJ), “The Great Commonwealth Cannabis Seed Share” hopes…