Category: Virginia
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Virginia: Republicans Propose To Scrap Social Equity Fund, Undo Other Cannabis Reforms
As Virginia’s new legislative session gets under way, Republicans – emboldened after taking back the governor’s mansion and the House of Delegates – are taking aim at cannabis reforms passed by the General Assembly last year. GOP state lawmakers have pre-filed several measures that would roll back provisions from last year’s legalization bill, zeroing in…
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Virginia: Youngkin Says Legal Weed Possession Is Here To Stay But Takes Aim At Retail Sales
Virginia Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin says he won’t mess with a recently enacted law that legalized cannabis possession when he takes office later this month, though he has reservations about the launch of a regulated market for recreational weed. “I will not seek to overturn the law on personal possession,” he told Virginia Business in an…
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Virginia: Lack Of Cannabis Messaging In Governor’s Race A ‘Missed Opportunity’ For McAuliffe, Experts Say
As the race for Virginia governor enters its final stretch, Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Glenn Youngkin appear to be locked in a virtual dead heat, with a recent CBS poll putting the candidates just 3 points apart. The contest — widely seen as a bellwether for the 2022 midterms and a referendum on President…
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Sign-ups For Virginia’s Medical Weed Program Have Doubled In Six Months
While Virginia lawmakers work out a timeline for the launch of recreational cannabis sales, the state’s medical weed program continues to grow at a steady clip. Over the last six months, the number of people signed up for a medical cannabis card in the commonwealth has more than doubled — from 15,076 registered patients in…
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A Political Shake-Up Could Impact the Future of Pot Legalization in Virginia
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. Virginia took a big leap toward cannabis reform last spring by passing legislation that authorized pot possession and home…
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Q&A: How Will Virginia Tax Cannabis Sales To Repair The Harms Of Prohibition?
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. Janice Underwood knows what it’s like to be on the front lines. In 2019, she was appointed by Gov.…
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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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A New Socialist Coalition Wants To Localize The Fight For Cannabis Equity In Virginia
Cannabis advocates scored a huge win this year when Virginia passed a sweeping set of reforms legalizing the possession, home cultivation, and recreational sales of the plant. But for some, the work is only getting started. A new activist group is gearing up to take the fight for cannabis justice beyond Virginia’s state legislature, and…