Virginia

THE Dispensary Richmond says soon-to-be-banned products make up 98% of their business. New laws regulating hemp are set to take effect in Virginia on July 1 — and stores across the Commonwealth are preparing to take products off the shelves in the next few days. In April, the General Assembly

NEWPORT NEWS - You can own a gun, and you can use marijuana (at least in the states that have legalized it) - but you can’t do both at the same time, regardless of where you live. “If you’re a normal, everyday Virginian who uses marijuana regularly, whether it’s lawfully or unlawfully, it doesn’t

The mother of a 6-year-old boy who shot his teacher in Virginia pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to using marijuana while possessing a firearm, which is illegal under US law. The federal crime is facing increasing scrutiny as more states legalize the drug. But federal prosecutors in Virginia

The mother of a 6-year-old boy who shot his teacher in Virginia is expected to plead guilty in federal court Monday to using marijuana while possessing a firearm, which is illegal under US law. Deja Taylor is accused of lying about her marijuana use on a form when she bought the gun, which her son

RICHMOND - Gov. Glenn Youngkin has proposed a rewrite of a bill that aimed to ban the recreational sales of intoxicating hemp-derived products, seeking to ensure the continued availability of certain therapeutic CBD formulations. Youngkin’s proposed changes came after hemp industry advocates and

RICHMOND - Governor Glen Youngkin (R - Virginia) has amended a hotly-debated hemp regulation bill to allow for the use of therapeutic products some Virginia families rely on for medical reasons. Some in the Virginia hemp industry see the changes as a positive, but still think the legislation will

CHARLOTTESVILLE - The Virginia Cannabis Association is letting Governor Glenn Youngkin know it is concerned about two bills in the General Assembly. VCA says parts of Senate Bill 903 and House Bill 2294 would hurt the commonwealth’s hemp and cannabis industry. “The problem is by banning hemp

VIRGINIA - A bill to crackdown on hemp products could lead to more than 4,000 people losing their jobs, an economic study found. The study was done by Whitney Economics, an Oregon based Cannabis consulting and research firm, on the impact of two bills that have passed in the General Assembly dealing

A two-week investigation led Prince William County police investigators to identify a 17-year-old suspect as the driver who played chicken with officers during an attempted stop in Manassas last month. An alert was issued by the Prince William County Police Department on Monday, Feb. 13 regarding a

Bills on retail sales, hemp regulation to be taken up in 2023 session. At a sleek new store called Cannabist in Richmond’s Carytown shopping district, anyone with an easy-to-obtain medical cannabis card can buy a full range of marijuana products strongly regulated by the Virginia Board of Pharmacy

In Virginia, it’s legal to smoke marijuana, except that you can, and likely will, run into trouble with the law. If this sounds confusing to you, welcome to the legal dilemma facing thousands of Virginians. Let me explain: Most people think marijuana is now completely legal to use in the state of

Report recommends permit system and change to how THC is measured. A state task force studying the rise of unregulated cannabis products in Virginia is recommending stricter rules for businesses selling hemp-based delta-8 THC products that technically aren’t marijuana but produce a similar high when