Lawmakers are advancing legislation that would allow medical dispensaries to sell directly to all adults for a year or so before allowing other businesses into the market. But critics ranging from the Minority Cannabis Business Association to the libertarian-leaning Americans for Prosperity warn that Virginia is giving big operators a blank check.
Last year, lawmakers voted along party lines to legalize simple possession of marijuana, but left it up to future legislative action to work out how retail sales would work.
The Virginia 2022 General Assembly convened Jan. 12, 2022, in Richmond for a 60-day session, and Glenn Youngkin was sworn into office on Jan. 15, 2022, as the commonwealth’s 74th.
Virginia commonwealth’s attorneys are responsible for prosecuting crimes in local communities. But Republican Attorney General Jason Miyares says some of them aren’t doing their job.