Virginia to allow recreational marijuana to be sold in retail stores beginning in 2027
The drug has been legal since 2021, but a framework for sales wasn’t established until now.
The drug has been legal since 2021, but a framework for sales wasn’t established until now.
‘Upholding this ban makes it incredibly difficult for me to find potential customers and to educate people about Mississippi’s medical marijuana program.’
The suit comes weeks after a ballot measure that would have scaled back Arkansas’ abortion ban was blocked from the ballot over similar assertions.
‘I’m a very calm person and … I’m always hoping for the best. But at this point, it’s anger because greed is causing so much more suffering.’
Cannabis has been legal for medical use in Cherokee since 2021, though its possession and use remains illegal outside tribal boundaries.
After granting clemency for dozens of people convicted of low-level drug offenses, now Trump has the opportunity to steal from Democrats an issue they’ve long claimed as their own.
The goal is to have some medical cannabis available in January when the products become legal.
While most lawmakers agreed that medical cannabis was a worthy outcome, the bill sparked some heated debate on the Senate floor, where opponents worried the measure would set the state on a slippery slope to legalizing recreational cannabis.
The new provision outlines requirements for physicians to prescribe medical marijuana, how people can get a medical marijuana identification card, what it takes to get a medical cannabis supplier license and restrictions on smoking in certain places.
“It reduces or eliminates litigation, and it creates a more fair process, not one where people bid against each other and only then the big companies can be a part of it.’