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Cannabis in Virginia is legal for medical use and recreational use. The first medical marijuana dispensary opened in August 2020, [1] and adult recreational use became legalized in July 2021. [2][3] In April 2020, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam approved a bill to decriminalize simple marijuana possession, which took effect July 2020.
Legal to carry up to 1.5 oz (43 g) or possess up to 5 oz (140 g) locked inside a home or trunk of a vehicle. Legal to possess up to 5 oz (140 g) per month. Legal for medical & recreational use up to an amount of six plants with only three at a time being mature. Main article: Cannabis in Connecticut.
Medical cannabis. Thirty seven of the United States regulate some form of medical cannabis sales despite federal laws. [10] As of 2016 seventeen of those states (Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, Washington, and Washington, D.C.) have at least one medical marijuana ...
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia lawmakers passed legislation Wednesday that if approved by Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin would allow recreational retail sales of marijuana to begin next year. Under the bills, the state would start taking applications on Sept. 1 for cultivating, testing, processing and selling the drug in preparation for the ...
In Washington, D.C., cannabis is legal for both medical use and recreational use for possession, personal use, cultivation, transportation and gifting, and for retail sale once a regulatory system is implemented following an affirmative vote by the residents on a 2014 ballot initiative. [1][2] The United States Congress exercises oversight over ...
Delaware, for instance, legalized adult recreational cannabis use in April 2023, but its first weed retailers are unlikely to open until 2026 unless a pending law allows medical dispensaries to ...
Florida has the fourth most cannabis jobs among all the states where some form of cannabis is legal — 29,011, as of February 2023 — according to cannabis industry jobs platform Vangst in its ...
The legal history of cannabis in the United States began with state-level prohibition in the early 20th century, with the first major federal limitations occurring in 1937. Starting with Oregon in 1973, individual states began to liberalize cannabis laws through decriminalization. In 1996, California became the first state to legalize medical ...