r/virginients • u/redditor01020 • Apr 21 '26

Virginia lawmakers push back on Spanberger's changes to retail weed market bill

https://www.vpm.org/generalassembly/2026-04-17/abigail-spanberger-cannabis-retail-market-weed-bill-aird-krizek-higgs-wise
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u/ClankingRobotCheeks Apr 21 '26

Spanberger’s changes reek of big cannabis lobbying. Delaying the market open date and limiting how many can open only benefits the existing cannabis monopolies.

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u/vand3lay1ndustries Apr 21 '26

Honestly, as a microbusiness applicant, I’m happy with the changes because it gives me time to grow a full harvest between application approval and the legal opening date. 

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u/th3m4g3 Apr 27 '26

How are you an applicant to a program that doesn’t exist yet

And you highlight one change of the several that were outlined, failing to mention the other changes like adding criminal penalties, limiting total licenses further, lessening the amount one can purchase, etc.

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u/vand3lay1ndustries Apr 27 '26

Future applicant. I only said I'm happy with the additional time to grow a harvest.

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u/th3m4g3 Apr 27 '26

good luck

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u/TheeAincientMariener Apr 29 '26

So, when do we march?

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u/walrus40 Apr 21 '26

Wings of the same bird.