Virginia Marijuana Legalization Project

12/07/2018

BRISTOL, Va. — A longtime advocate of medicinal uses for ma*****na, U.S. Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Salem, said he won’t support decriminalization of the drug.

01/02/2018

Any decriminalization effort that does not include expungement is not just.

San Francisco will retroactively apply California's ma*****na-legalization laws to past criminal cases, District Attorney George Gascón said Wednesday - expunging or reducing misdemeanor and felony convictions going back decades. The unprecedented move will affect thousands of people whose marijuan...

29/01/2018

The GOP learned nothing from last November.

“Senate Courts of Justice Committee just killed a *****na decriminalization bill on a party-line vote. Adam Ebbin’s SB111.”

21/01/2018

Political cowardice.

After saying he was open to decriminalization of ma*****na, the state GOP's powerful Senate leader disappointed reform advocates by filing a bill that stops short.

20/01/2018

The organization works to reform all ma*****na laws so that responsible use by adults is no longer subject to penalty.

04/01/2018

WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Jeff Sessions has rescinded an Obama-era policy that paved the way for legalized ma*****na to flourish in states across the country, creating ne

03/01/2018

Dr. Robert DuPont practically invented the term ‘gateway drug’ in the 1980s. Now he’s back with radical ideas on how to fight the war on drugs.

17/11/2017

With Norment on board, it might actually happen this time. Very exciting news.

Virginia might take a step soon to lessen the penalties for first-time ma*****na possession — ending the current criminal prosecution that does more harm than good.

31/10/2017

Not far enough.

Tommy Norment said his bill, which is being drafted, would make first-time possession punishable by a fine, mandatory education and a driver’s-license suspension.

18/10/2017

What's the opposite of a gateway drug?

04/09/2017

Time for changes.

09/08/2017

Virginia’s Lt Gov. Ralph Northam calls for the decriminalization of ma*****na in a letter to the Virginia State Crime Commission on Monday.