(AP) Adult recreational use of marijuana became legal in Virginia July 1, but the commercial production and sale of marijuana is still almost three years away. State officials are beginning the process of setting up a new state entity to ...

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A Floyd County circuit judge has refused to allow the state to seize a couple’s home alleged to have been the site of a major marijuana distribution operation. The judge cited the fact that only one spouse had been convicted ...

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(AP) Both chambers of the Virginia General Assembly have passed legislation that would legalize marijuana for adult recreational use, with retail sales starting several years down the road. Work on the complicated legislation has been a priority for Democrats who ...

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For years, the call to “Legalize It” was widely regarded as a stoner’s pipedream. Now, Virginia leaders are not only seriously proposing to legalize marijuana, they are making elaborate plans for the industry that would result. Two state reports emerged ...

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Arlington County is the latest battleground over the power of judges to veto a prosecutor’s decision to drop most marijuana possession charges. An Arlington County circuit judge has rejected the notion that a prosecutor has discretion to dismiss all simple ...

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VIRGINIA BEACH (AP) Authorities say a Virginia man has threatened to shoot his local congressman. Federal prosecutors said in a news release March 23 that 69-year-old Wallace Grove Godwin made a threatening statement to staff at U.S. Rep. Scott Taylor’s Virginia ...

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