Reparations to people of color and communities hurt by the disproportionate enforcement of marijuana laws would include a program that would give those who have been harmed preference for licenses to get into the marijuana marketplace as cultivators, wholesalers, processors and retailers.
Supporters of legislation to legalize marijuana in Virginia say one of its main goals is to make reparations to people of color and communities harmed by a disproportionate enforcement of marijuana laws
Licensing
Creates the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority (the Authority). The Authority would consist of the Virginia Cannabis Board of Directors (the Board), the Chief Executive Officer, and its agents and employees.
The Board would have the power to, among other things, issue licenses for marijuana cultivation, manufacturing, testing, wholesale sales, and retail sales.
The Authority would be able to start accepting license applications on July 1, 2023 and it would be required to give preference to social equity applicants, as determined by Board regulations. Any applicant issued a license by the Authority after July 1, 2023 would be authorized to operate,
except no marijuana store licensee may sell retail marijuana or retail marijuana products to a consumer prior to January 1, 2024.
Virginia set to become 23rd state to abolish death penalty after state House passes bill
Virginia is set to become the 23rd state to abolish the death penalty, after the state House of Delegates passed legislation Friday that would end capital pu.
Posted: Feb 5, 2021 12:11 PM
Updated: Feb 5, 2021 6:30 PM
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Virginia is set to become the 23rd state to abolish the death penalty, after the state House of Delegates passed legislation Friday that would end capital punishment in the Commonwealth a day after the state Senate passed a similar bill and the governor said he plans to sign it.
Virginia Subcommittee on Marijuana Forms to Debate Legalization Bill
With two hearings next week, Virginia lawmakers are on a fast-track to legalize.
Published on Jan 15, 2021 2:33PM ESTVirginia
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Virginia has been on a fast-track to legalize since Governor Ralph Northam included cannabis legalization in his budget in December. During his State of the Commonwealth speech this week, Northam reiterated his support for legalization, calling specifically for legalization focused on equity and acknowledging that the criminal justice system “treats different people unfairly.”
“Marijuana is a great example,” Northam said, noting that while white and Black people use cannabis at similar rates, Black people are three and a half times more likely to be charged with a cannabis-related crime, and are almost four times as likely to be convicted. “It’s time,” he said, to “make marijuana legal and end the current system rooted in inequity. We’ve done the research