Marijuana

Virginia is in an awkward position. Marijuana is legal thanks to action taken by Democrats when they were in control of the General Assembly and the Executive Mansion. But when they were in power, Democrats failed to create a retail market, and now that Republicans are in control of the House of Delegates, the effort is stalled.

Governor Glenn Youngkin is now considering an effort to make more than four ounces a criminal offense – essentially criminalizing it again.

Lawmakers return to the Capitol Wednesday to consider a host of amendments.One of the most controversial amendments is about marijuana.

Last year, lawmakers legalized marijuana. But nobody can legally buy it because nobody has a license to sell it, at least not yet. The General Assembly was considering a bill to create a marketplace. But now a Republican-led House panel has ended that discussion.

Who will get first dibs on getting a valuable license to sell marijuana? According to a bill the Senate sent to the house, it's people who have been convicted of misdemeanor marijuana crimes. Or people who live in areas that have been disproportionately policed. Or people who graduated from HBCUs.

When the General Assembly legalized marijuana last year, the plan was to start legal sales on New Year’s Day 2024. But that leaves the black market as the only way to buy a legal substance for years.

The inaugural meeting of the Cannabis Public Health Advisory Council was held Thursday, as the regulatory infrastructure for legal marijuana continues to be set up.

In a Wednesday meeting the Board of Forensic Science made regulatory changes in light of Marijuana legalization and was briefed on a backlog of firearms…

It’s official: Governor Ralph Northam signed legislation Wednesday that makes marijuana legal in Virginia.Northam cited a report put out by the state’s…

Now that lawmakers have taken action to legalize marijuana, they still need to make decisions about how the new industry will be regulated.Marijuana will…