West Virginia

A trend is emerging among poultry farmers who are converting operations to industrial hemp farms. Poultry farmers who raise chickens for slaughter are switching to industrial hemp farming, a trend that has taken place over the past few years. The reason? Hemp is among the crops that requires some of

Another effort is underway to legalize recreational marijuana in West Virginia, but this time with a twist. Money from marijuana sales would be used to prop up the state’s financially troubled health insurance program, PEIA. There have been numerous efforts over the years to fix PEIA, but this may

Cannabis is getting the old college try again in the West Virginia State Legislature. Del. Evan Hansen, D-79, introduced HB-4873 into the House of Delegates, which seeks to establish a framework under which adults over the age of 21 can legally consume cannabis products in the state of West Virginia

The Ohio County Board of Education has just been briefed on a new state policy on how they should deal with medical marijuana in their schools. The guidelines for administering medical marijuana to students in West Virginia schools resemble the current policies for other prescription drugs, but it’s

RICHMOND - Virginia won’t begin retail sales of marijuana by 2024 after the last remaining bill to set up the market failed. A Republican-controlled House of Delegates subcommittee voted 5-3 along party lines Tuesday to kill legislation from state Sen. Adam Ebbin (D-Alexandria) that would have paved

Cannabis decriminalization in two cities in West Virginia is being pushed for this year’s November ballot. A West Virginia cannabis advocacy group called Charleston Can’t Wait has recently been collecting signatures to put a decriminalization measure on the ballot this November in Fairmount and

It’s been more than five years since the West Virginia Legislature approved the use of medical cannabis in West Virginia. Dispensaries are opening across the state, but the industry is still in its infancy. The first medical cannabis dispensary in West Virginia opened in Morgantown in November 2021