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Virginia’s cannabis farms will be largely urban. How can we keep some rural?

by Dwayne Yancey October 6, 2022October 5, 2022

When Virginia finally approves a legal retail market, will we see a new agricultural crop spring up in urban areas? Here are some ways to keep it in rural Virginia.

Posted inOpinion

Should Virginia create its own marijuana research center?

by Dwayne Yancey April 26, 2022April 25, 2022

A modest proposal that both marijuana legalizers and marijuana prohibitionists should like (especially now that Virginia has already legalized weed).

Posted inOpinion

Will we see open fields of marijuana in rural Virginia?

by Dwayne Yancey March 21, 2022March 20, 2022

No. We may not see much indoor cultivation, either. Here’s why and how we could change that.

Posted inOpinion

10 things to look for in the General Assembly

by Dwayne Yancey January 12, 2022March 11, 2022

Here are issues that will matter more to Southwest and Southside than to other parts of the state.

Posted inEconomy

Meet one of the people who will help decide how the state’s marijuana tax dollars are spent

by Megan Schnabel November 12, 2021October 14, 2022

You’ve just got to involve everyone. You’ve got to be as diverse as you possibly can in this cannabis industry,” says Western Virginia’s only representative on the Cannabis Equity Reinvestment Board.

Posted inEconomy

Future of Virginia’s marijuana marketplace hazy after GOP retakes House

by Megan Schnabel November 5, 2021November 8, 2021

Virginia’s legalization of cannabis isn’t complete. The law must be re-enacted, and that means passing a now-GOP House.

Posted inEconomy

Meet the only cannabis board member west of Richmond

by Megan Schnabel October 7, 2021November 4, 2021

A Q&A with Bette Brand, who sits on Virginia’s new Cannabis Control Authority that will regulate legal marijuana.

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