Lawmakers in Virginia’s House of Delegates approved legislation Friday morning that clears the way for legal cannabis sales in the state. The move sets up Virginia to be the first southern state to establish a recreational marijuana marketplace, and potentially the first to do so in the Washington region.

A similar bill is expected to get a vote in the state Senate today. Friday is “crossover” day in the state’s legislature, when bills must either clear a final vote and move to their opposite chambers or die for the year.

The House bill sponsored by Del. Charniele Herring (D-Alexandria) passed 55 to 42 with heavy Democratic support and two abstentions. Republicans expressed reservations about the bill in the final minutes before Friday’s vote.

Del. Nicholas Freitas (R-Culpeper) said the bill allows too much government control over cannabis sales that will interfere with competition and reward cannabis industry players with political connections. Del. Jay Leftwich (D-Chesapeake) said legalizing marijuana could lead to more crime in addition to adolescent use of the substance, potentially contributing to more hospitalizations. (The bill does not allow minors to legally purchase cannabis.)

Del. Don Scott (D-Portsmouth) countered that concerns about health and crime impacts are overblown.

“You would think we were getting ready to go back and ban cigarettes and tobacco use, because it causes about 40,000 deaths per year,” Scott said, adding that legalizing marijuana could vastly undercut the illegal marijuana trade.

Virginia could take in between $31 and $62 million in tax revenue during the program’s first year of sales, a legislative analysis shows. That figure could swell to as much as $308 million during the program’s fifth year.

Im glad because I still don't understand how to score weed in D.C. where it's legal to have it but illegal to buy it.

The DC hood niggers be having your dub sack.

Marijuana sales in retail stores is coming to a Virginia City near you in January 1 2024.


https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+sum+HB2312

Mary Jane III Wrote:
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> Marijuana sales in retail stores is coming to a
> Virginia City near you in January 1 2024.
>
>
> https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+s
> um+HB2312


I ain't waiting that long, thats like 3 years

The other betty white Wrote:
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> Im glad because I still don't understand how to
> score weed in D.C. where it's legal to have it but
> illegal to buy it.


just go on instagram that's where everyone advertises their product

if you do a meet up you just meet with the vendor at a random location of their choice, sometimes they host events with multiple vendors (not sure how they're doing it w/ covid and the majority of Dc being closed tho)

Used to go almost every week until the bud became meh and the oil not even being worth it

KingNOVA Wrote:
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> The other betty white Wrote:
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> -----
> > Im glad because I still don't understand how to
> > score weed in D.C. where it's legal to have it
> but
> > illegal to buy it.
>
>
> just go on instagram that's where everyone
> advertises their product
>
> if you do a meet up you just meet with the vendor
> at a random location of their choice, sometimes
> they host events with multiple vendors (not sure
> how they're doing it w/ covid and the majority of
> Dc being closed tho)
>
> Used to go almost every week until the bud became
> meh and the oil not even being worth it


Hey KN you tried "Gifted Curator" yet? They are a little expensive but their product is top shelf. Order on line / pick up in store. Everyone is cool and respect flows in abundance. Great place just wished they shipped.

Time to smoke em if you got em