Jason Blanchette

Virginia Beach Police Chief Paul Neudigate said last week that the illicit cannabis market is largely to blame for shooting violence. “Where you may think it will be heroin, you may think it will be cocaine, methamphetamine, nope. It’s marijuana. We have young men losing their lives in...

Customers entering The Hemp Spectrum shop in Virginia Beach are faced with half-empty shelves, reported The Virginian-Pilot. Why? According to Savana Griffith, the store's owner, recently strengthened regulations on particular hemp-derived products are the culprit. "We...