Michael Pope reports.
Possession of marijuana could be legal as soon as this summer, and it could be legal to buy as soon as New Year’s Day 2024. Lawmakers are working their way through the details of a massive bill on marijuana legalization. And one part that Republicans have been critical of is preferential treatment for licenses to people who live in neighborhoods that have been over-policed in the war on drugs.
Senator Bill DeSteph is a Republican from Virginia Beach.
Credit U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
"And let us not mistake where you do sell drugs will be back in those same neighborhoods that you grew up and your family grew up in selling drugs," he said.