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Industry and Legislative News & Updates

Stay in the know as the Government Affairs and Media Relations teams keep their finger on the pulse of the latest industry news and legislative updates from around the country.

Oct 31, 2022
2 min

This Week in Virginia Cannabis Industry News, October 31, 2022

Virginia's Adult-Use Market: The Big Unknown Excerpt ... "In Virginia’s case, the General Assembly does not reconvene until January 2023....

Oct 20, 2022
1 min

Weed Is Coming to Circle K Gas Stations in US Next Year

Green Thumb Industries Inc., one of the largest US cannabis producers, signed a deal withCircle K, the global convenience-store chain,...

Oct 11, 2022
1 min

Informative Q&A With Virginia Cannabis Control Authority Acting Chief

Richmond BizSense conducted an informative Q&A with the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority's acting Chief, Jeremy Preiss. Tons of...

Oct 11, 2022
1 min

Lessons and Laughs From A Home Grow

Lessons to learn and even a few smiles to be had. Take a look at this light-hearted article about one home-growers quest to finally...

Aug 10, 2022
1 min

Get Your Comments In - The Voice Of Many Speaks Louder

The Virginia Cannabis Business Association of Virginia has listened to member concerns and submitted formal recommendations to the Task...

Aug 10, 2022
5 min

CannaBizVA Public Comment Submission - Task Force To Analyze Industrial Hemp Extracts

Addressed To: The Honorable Matthew J. Lohr Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry Commonwealth of Virginia Public Comments: Task Force to...

Aug 1, 2022
2 min

This Week in Virginia Cannabis Industry News, August 1, 2022

What Will Virginia’s Retail Cannabis Market Look Like? This article takes a look at how things have transpired in the cannabis industry...

Jul 25, 2022
1 min

This Week in Virginia Cannabis Industry News, July 25, 2022

Have Your Voice Be Heard With VDACS! In the most pressing news of the week, we strongly encourage everyone to attend one of the upcoming...

Jul 11, 2022
1 min

This Week in Virginia Cannabis News, July 11, 2022

Hemp industry pushes back on Virginia’s delta-8 crackdown CannabizVA Lobbyist Dylan Bishop is featured in this article, as well as board...

Jul 7, 2022
1 min

This Week in Virginia Cannabis News, July 4, 2022

Virginia regulators say not so fast to synthetic THC Last month the General Assembly appeared ready to legitimize products like Delta-8,...

Jun 26, 2022
1 min

This Week in Virginia Cannabis News, June 26, 2022

Confusion in Kansas Continues: Douglas County District Attorney Says Businesses Selling Delta-8 THC Will Be Prosecuted The biggest issue...

Jun 19, 2022
1 min

This Week in Virginia Cannabis News, June 19, 2022

Colorado to Create Task Force to Regulate Hemp-Derived Products Like Delta-8 Developments out west in regards to Delta-8 and other...

Jun 13, 2022
1 min

This Week in Virginia Cannabis News, June 13, 2022

D.C. City Council Approves Bill to Prohibit Employers From Firing Workers for Failed Cannabis Tests Employer rules in regards to cannabis...

Jun 5, 2022
2 min

This Week in Virginia Cannabis News, June 5, 2022

Virginia lawmakers OK sales of synthetic THC products This development was part of the state budget that was passed last week, and you...

Jun 2, 2022
2 min

Virginia Proposes Budgets Relating to the Cannabis Industry

As expected, Virginia’s money committees released their proposed biennial budget for FY2023-2024 (July 1, 2022- June 30, 2024) earlier...

May 28, 2022
1 min

This Week in Virginia Cannabis News, May 29, 2022

US House of Representatives Again Passes Marijuana Reform Bill Article excerpt … “The bill would expunge the record of those convicted of...

May 22, 2022
1 min

This Week in Virginia Cannabis News, May 22, 2022

Delta-8 THC Products Are Federally Legal Just Like Hemp, Appeals Court Rules “A panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit...

May 15, 2022
1 min

This Week in Virginia Cannabis News, May 15, 2022

Virginia Beach Police educating community on current marijuana law after complaints about cannabis pop-up shops With much of Virginia’s...

May 8, 2022
1 min

This Week in Virginia Cannabis Industry News, May 8, 2022

Armored car company settles suit over $1M pot sale seizures The cannabis industry deals with a significant amount of legal and financial...

May 2, 2022
1 min

This week in Virginia Cannabis News, May 1, 2022

Key Congressmen Tell Leadership That Marijuana Banking Must Be A ‘Top Priority’ In Large-Scale Manufacturing Bill Heading To Conference...