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.
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Marijuana retail market bills advance after votes in General Assembly
The next step for the bills is for the Senate and House to consider the versions passed by their counterparts in the other chamber.
Effort to roll out Va. retail marijuana market in 2025 gains Senate momentum
A Senate subcommittee considered two competing bills, and ultimately decided to potentially combine elements of the two.
New legislation seeks to launch retail recreational marijuana market later this year
Will the third time be the charm to start a recreational marijuana market the commonwealth?
Booze to buds: Marijuana dispensary to open in former ABC store in eastern Henrico
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.
Local shops hit with fines for CBD products after new law takes effect
Inspectors from the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services have issued $1.5 million in fines to about 20 stores statewide thus far.
Sale of Richmond region’s medical pot provider is scrapped
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.
Hemp shop shutters Richmond-based retail and grow operations to move out of state
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.
Joint-smoking cycling group Bike Buds plots its course for growth
“It’s a double entendre. It is about friends, but it’s also about smoking weed,” said Bike Buds co-owner Phil Horne.
General Assembly approves new hemp regulations with Youngkin’s revisions
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.