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: : Gov. Ralph Northam holds up a bill legalizing recreational marijuana after signing it. (Photo: Alan Rodriguez Espinoza/VPM News) Virginia became the first Southern state to legalize recreational marijuana on Wednesday. Gov. Ralph Northam held a bill signing ceremony, but one key advocacy group says they were left out of the event. Chelsea Higgs Wise is the executive director of Marijuana Justice. She says her organization’s efforts were critical in passing marijuana legalization. Since 2019, the group has been central to creating coalitions of local nonprofits to advocate for a focus on social equity in marijuana reform. Wise says Marijuana Justice was also key in encouraging lawmakers to shift the legalization date from 2024 to 2021. She says her coalition brought legislators’ attention to the fact that marijuana possession penalties continued to be enforced disproportionately against Black Virginians after it was decriminalized.

United statesMichelle pediniRalph northamCrixell matthewsLegalize it right coalitionAmerican civil liberties union of virginiaHiggs wiseMarijuana justiceBlack virginiansChelsea higgs wiseJenn michelle pediniAmerican civil liberties unionஒன்றுபட்டது மாநிலங்களில்ரால்ப் நார்தாம்அமெரிக்கன் சிவில் சுதந்திரங்கள் தொழிற்சங்கம் ஆஃப் வர்ஜீனியாஹிக்ஸ் பாண்டித்தியம்