The new Cannabist dispensary took over a former ABC liquor store and follows yet another failed attempt by the General Assembly earlier this year to establish a retail recreational pot market.
The next step for the bills is for the Senate and House to consider the versions passed by their counterparts in the other chamber.
A Senate subcommittee considered two competing bills, and ultimately decided to potentially combine elements of the two.
Will the third time be the charm to start a recreational marijuana market the commonwealth?
The region’s lone legal medical marijuana provider has found a spot for its fourth store in the area, this time across from White Oak Village.
Inspectors from the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services have issued $1.5 million in fines to about 20 stores statewide thus far.
Cannabis company Cresco Labs announced Monday that it is calling off its plans to acquire competitor Columbia Care, which controls the licenses to sell medical marijuana in the greater Richmond region.
Scared off by new state CBD regulations, the company is looking at a move to Washington, D.C., where it also hopes to begin selling psilocybin mushrooms.
“It’s a double entendre. It is about friends, but it’s also about smoking weed,” said Bike Buds co-owner Phil Horne.
The new rules change the definition of what types of hemp products are legal to sell in Virginia, while the state will wait until at least next year for another crack at creating a recreational cannabis market.
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