After four years of stalled efforts and repeated vetoes from outgoing Gov. Glenn Youngkin, Virginia lawmakers now see a clear ...

Two Virginia bills that would have legalized marijuana in the state were killed by a legislative committee on Wednesday. The House of Delegates Courts of Justice Committee also shot down several ...

Welcome to pot politics in Virginia. Each year, Virginia police make some 20,000 arrests for marijuana possession—an annual total that is the twelfth highest in the nation. Those arrested are charged ...

There’s going to be a lot of new and interesting programs and good stuff in there that will help create a well-regulated ...

With Democrat Abigail Spanberger being elected as Virginia’s Governor and Democrats in control of both houses of the General Assembly, it’s very likely that Virginia will launch a retail marijuana ...

Republicans on a Senate committee Monday killed a bill that would decriminalize small amounts of marijuana by changing the punishment from a criminal misdemeanor to a civil penalty. The Virginia ACLU ...

Virginia lawmakers gave final approval Saturday to a bill that will legalize marijuana for adult recreational use, but not until 2024, when retail sales of the drug would also begin. With a compromise ...

In the 10-year period ending last year, there were 133,256 arrests in Virginia for possession of marijuana, 84 percent of them first-time offenses. Nevertheless, relatively few people go to jail in ...

RICHMOND, Va. — Going into the 2020 legislative session, advocates say Democratic leaders had an ambitious marijuana reform agenda. By crossover day, several decriminalization bills passed their ...