Advocates may not agree about whether decriminalization or outright legalization is the correct path for Virginia marijuana legislation. But they're united in the belief that the state's current laws must change. Advocates dressed in black stood Wednesday at the base...
Virginia Prosecuted Over 46,000 Marijuana Cases in 2018
In 2018, almost 20,000 people, most of them African American, were found guilty of marijuana possession in Virginia courts. The racial disparities where the state's marijuana convictions are concerned has led some state officials to consider decriminalizing and...
Attorney General Sparks Up Conversation on Legalizing Recreational Marijuana
Last week, Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring took to social media to voice his support for "legal, regulated adult use" of marijuana -- a sentiment that, according to a just-released study, more than half of Virginians support. Attorney General Mark Herring...
Why Is It Still So Hard To Legalize Marijuana?
Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring has asked that question in public lately, and it's one that all of our lawmakers should be considering. Weed isn’t a big deal. The military is treating PTSD with ecstacy. The legal right to grow weed has existed in our nation’s...
VA senator introduces bill to decriminalize simple marijuana possession
Senator Adam Ebbin, D-Alexandria, is hoping to decriminalize simple weed possession at this year's General Assembly, and he's got a bill to back it up. Senator Adam Ebbin, D-Alexandria, is hoping to decriminalize simple weed possession at this year's General Assembly,...
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