The commonwealth’s Cannabis Control Authority released new draft regulations on what the recreational marijuana market could look like starting next summer.
The new draft regulations allow for as many as 350 retail locations across the commonwealth. That’s enough to put a pot shop in every city, county and town in Virginia.
This year, there has been a lot of back and forth between Gov. Abigail Spanberger and members of her own party on establishing recreational pot shops in Virginia.
This year, Democratic lawmakers sent a bill to her desk and Spanberger amended it to delay its start time, allow fewer pot shops than what was proposed, and issue stricter criminal penalties for certain marijuana offenses.
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