Lawmakers are divided on timelines, and the extent to which Virginia should move toward outright legalization, but one thing seems clear: marijuana reform is on the agenda at the General Assembly. With Democrats controlling both chambers of the General Assembly and...
Marijuana Reform Advocates Divided Between Decriminalization And Legalization
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...
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...
Virginia Democrat, Libertarian gubernatorial primary candidates win highest marks on marijuana policies by national advocacy group
The Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) has released a report card for the marijuana policies of the six candidates running in the 2017 Virginia race for governor. The report gave each politician a letter grade, similar to the report cards given out by the advocacy groups....
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