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Cannabis sales bills clear Virginia legislature, face likely Youngkin veto

Virginia’s legislature has once again approved legislation to create a regulated and taxed cannabis marketplace, and with both chambers backing identical measures, the proposal is all but certain to reach Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s desk once the General Assembly adjourns later this month.  By the session’s midpoint Tuesday, both chambers had passed identical measures to legalize […]

Workers at gLeaf Medical tend to plants in a grow room at the Richmond medical marijuana dispensary. (Photo by Ned Oliver/Virginia Mercury)
Virginia’s legislature has once again approved legislation to create a regulated and taxed cannabis marketplace, and with both chambers backing identical measures, the proposal is all but certain to reach Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s desk once the General Assembly adjourns later this month. 

By the session’s midpoint Tuesday, both chambers had passed identical measures to legalize retail sales of marijuana for adults 21 and older.