Tag: Cannabis Oversight Commission

Virginia Lawmakers Hit Impasse Over Releasing Cannabis Prisoners After Legalization

Jan 14, 2022

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by

Gaspard Le Dem

in Criminal Justice, Outlaw Report, Social Equity, Virginia

In Virginia, the fate of people incarcerated for cannabis-related crimes is still up in the air. On Monday, Virginia’s Cannabis Oversight Commission, a panel of lawmakers charged with making legislative recommendations for this year’s session, proposed speeding up the launch of recreational weed sales by one full year to 2023. But the 10-member commission couldn’t…