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Roanoke-Area Appointees Will Help Regulate Cannabis Industry

In this Thursday June 17, 2021 file photo cannabis plants are close to harvest in a grow room at the Greenleaf Medical Cannabis facility in Richmond.
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In this Thursday June 17, 2021 file photo cannabis plants are close to harvest in a grow room at the Greenleaf Medical Cannabis facility in Richmond.

Virginia is still a couple years away from setting up a market for legal cannabis, starting in 2024. Two advisory groups will help shape the market, and how to go about it safely.

Megan Schnabel is a business reporter with the online news site Cardinal News. She interviewed two appointees from Southwest Virginia.

Bette Brand is the lone member of the state’s Cannabis Control Authority from west of Richmond. The other appointee is Dr. Cynthia Morrow, director of the Roanoke City-Alleghany Health District. She's now part of the Cannabis Public Health Advisory Council, and as of now, the only appointee from Southwest or Southside Virginia.

Jeff Bossert is Radio IQ's Morning Edition host.
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