JM Pedini

This was published by NORML's Development Director and Virginia Exec Director JM Pedini and appears here with permission. Republican members of the House General Laws Subcommittee halted any further advancement today of Senate Bill 1133, which sought to initiate...

Virginia lawmakers struck down a push to legalize and set a framework for retail sales of recreational marijuana on Tuesday. According to Virginia Mercury, the House General Laws Subcommittee members failed to advance two separate measures that would have allowed sales of marijuana to adults aged...

What happens when marijuana possession and home-grow are legalized, but sales have not been regulated? It could create an ideal environment for the black market to thrive. At least this is what some lawmakers in Virginia believe and claim it's already happening. In April 2021, Virginia became...

Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin has signed HB 933 and SB 671 (identical bills), to provide numerous operational improvements to the state’s medical cannabis program which requires that patients obtain written certification from a health care provider to access cannabis. The new legislation...