🚨 TAKE ACTION: Legislation has been introduced to legalize and regulate the retail sale of cannabis to adults 21 and older. Send a message to your representatives now urging them to support these measures. norml.org/virginia-legal…

🚨 Under current law, police in Virginia are prohibited from stopping, searching, or seizing any person, place, or thing based solely on the odor of cannabis. Send a message to your lawmakers now strongly opposing the effort to repeal this law. norml.org/virginia-oppos…

😒 "Virginians, frankly, are tired of the politicization of marijuana regulation," says JM Pedini at the National Organization for Reform of Marijuana Laws. wvtf.org/news/2025-01-1…

🌿 "The adult-use retail bills have garnered bipartisan support this session, because taking marijuana off the street corner and placing it behind an age-verified counter is a common sense public safety policy—not a political agenda." marijuanamoment.net/virginia-lawma…

🌿 "Cannabis policy isn’t the niche issue it was 10 yrs ago in Va. Today, legalization is the law of the land, & it’s critical that elected officials hear from their constituents who want to continue advancing pragmatic, evidence-based cannabis policies." henricocitizen.com/cannabis-advoc…

✅ TAKE ACTION: Bills to legalize and regulate the retail sale of cannabis to have been approved and now head to the governor, who has indicated he intends to veto them again. Send a message to him now telling him you support the bills and oppose his veto. norml.org/virginia-legal…

🌿" Governor Youngkin's opposition to these pragmatic measures is completely out of step with Virginians," JM Pedini, development director for the advocacy group NORML and executive director for Virginia NORML, told Marijuana Moment. marijuanamoment.net/virginia-plan-…

✅ UPDATE: HB1989 succeeded in the Senate with bipartisan support. It must return to the House for final approval of the Senate's amendments. 📩 TAKE ACTION: Send a message to your Delegate now with only a few clicks! norml.org/act/virginia-i…

✅ "JM Pedini, executive director of Virginia NORML, says that legalizing cannabis sales would take marijuana off the streets and place it in a regulated, age-verified environment." wsls.com/news/local/202…

⚠️ “If Virginians don’t elect a governor in 2025 who will sign an adult-use retail measure,” NORML's Pedini said, “then it’s likely the next to opportunity to enact such a law will not be until 2030.”

👎 "Once again, Governor Youngkin has prioritized his personal politics over public safety, opting to keep control of Virginia’s marijuana market squarely in the hands of unregulated operators," JM Pedini, of NORML and Virginia NORML, told Marijuana Moment.

🚫 "These mean-spirited amendments would greatly diminish patient access by severely restricting the medical cannabis program’s direct-to-patient delivery process which has notably been operating without incident since its inception," added NORML’s Pedini norml.org/blog/2025/03/2…

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🌿 "We're working to ensure that Virginians who rely on direct-to-patient delivery don't lose access to medical cannabis," JM Pedini, development director for the advocacy group NORML and executive director for Virginia NORML, told Marijuana Moment. marijuanamoment.net/virginia-lawma…

🌿 Poll asks importance of cannabis policy when considering @SpanbergerforVA for governor. Screenshot courtesy of Brandon Jarvis.

🚨 "Youngkin rolling back legal medical access while turning a blind eye to unregulated sales in corner stores throughout the Commonwealth highlights his administration's fundamental lack of understanding of cannabis policy as it relates to public safety." norml.org/blog/2025/05/0…

🗳 NORML's JM Pedini told Marijuana Moment that "the choice is clear for Virginia voters: Abigail Spanberger supports legalizing and regulating cannabis sales for adults 21 and older. Winsome Earle-Sears does not." marijuanamoment.net/virginia-candi…

🌿Hear from experts exactly what it’s going to take to legalize adult-use retail sales in 2026. Network, connect with community, and get answers to your burning questions about cannabis in the Commonwealth. 👉RSVP actionnetwork.org/events/suds-bu…

🗳 "Elections decide whether cannabis consumers are treated as constituents whose rights and safety matter or as political afterthoughts." norml.org/blog/2025/11/0…

🌿Get your tickets now for the 2026 Virginia Cannabis Conference in Richmond, January 23-25. virginiacannabisconference.com