Virginians will have to wait for legal marijuana sales as GOP kills massive bill

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A House panel killed the 200-page bill encompassing most of the session’s marijuana-related provisions, delaying legal sales by at least a year.

“I spent most of the weekend poring through this bill and trying to come to the determination whether now is the right time for this policy in Virginia,” Del. Jeffrey L. Campbell Maryland takes major step toward legalizing marijuana

“If we don’t have a bill that gives us a well-regulated adult-use market amidst the backdrop of legalization in Virginia, we are basically providing a year for the growth and strengthening of the illicit market,” Del. Dawn M. Adams said Monday. “And the longer we wait to have a regulated market, I think the harder it will be to take control or even compete with that illicit market.

On Monday, Garren Shipley, spokesman for House Speaker Todd Gilbert , said that work will require more time.

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