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VIRGINA WANTS TO MAKE CANNABIS A CRIME AGAIN
Why Do Virginia Lawmakers Want to
Make over 4 Ounces of Weed Illegal,
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Virginia is looking to make cannabis a crime again after approving recreational weed!
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Lawmakers in the state of Virginia are segregated on the issue of when and how cannabis should be made
legal in the state.
The lawmakers have issued a budget proposal that would see possession of cannabis that weighs over four
ounces in public as a criminal misconduct offense. The lawmakers of Virginia state are looking to bring back
a bill that makes such possession a crime once more, not up to a year following the vote for the legalization
of recreational marijuana for adults by the legislature.
A year ago, the General Assembly of Virginia gave approval to a bill that made possession of up to an ounce
of weed for personal use (https://cannabis.net/blog/news/sorry-virginians-no-recreational-cannabis-sales-
in-virginia-until-the-end-of-2023-at-the-earlie) legal. According to the bill, possessing cannabis between an
ounce and a pound in weight was said to be a civil infraction, carrying a twenty-five dollars fine at worst,
but possessing an excess of one pound of pot is still a felony.
Now, under this new budget proposal issued by the state lawmakers during the weekend, the crime of
possessing more than four ounces of cannabis in public will be a Class 3 misconduct criminal offense
carrying a fine of as much as 500 dollars. And if caught a second time, the offense will be charged as a Class
2 misconduct, which, if convicted, could lead to a six months jail time sentence and as much as a thousand
dollars fine.
According to a report obtained from the Richmond Times-Dispatch, the two-party budget compromise is
backed by the Democratic Senate Finance and Appropriations Chair Janet Howell, as well as the Republican
House Appropriations Chair Barry Knight.
Following the release of the budget proposal on Sunday evening, Republican House Appropriations Chair
Barry Knight stated they did not achieve all that they wanted to, but that he thinks they are quite content
given what they got. He added that he does not believe it was either a case of the House prevailing over the
Senate or the Senate prevailing over the House.

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In the previous year, it was suggested by the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission that Virginia
should follow the footsteps of other states in making possession of higher amounts of marijuana
misconduct, a change he claimed to be wanted but the police.
The statement from Barry Knight was that it is further in conjunction with the actions of other states, so
they are not standing alone out there and that they know their law enforcement desires it.
A Few Lawmakers And Virginia Activists Are Against The Recriminalization
With the lawmakers making moves to pass the bill, marijuana activists and a few lawmakers, as well as the
state Senator L. Louise Lucas, are against the alteration in the budget proposal. Senator Lucas stated via a
tweet that he voted against the criminalization of cannabis before. He is working to end this recent effort to
criminalize cannabis once more.
He went on to say that this is aimed at brown and black people who have always been overcharged with
these crimes (https://cannabis.net/blog/news/marijuanarelated-arrests-drop-by-90-in-virginia-after-
cannabis-legalization) in the past and that the state does not need these laws to return them to the past.
The Executive director of the group Marijuana Justice Virginia, Chelsea Highs Wise, teamed up with other
activist groups in an email sent on Sunday evening to Howell. She wrote in the email that lawmakers should
stop looking for more ways to make Virginians criminals and that everyone should work on making right
the wrongs from the destructive and failed prohibition.
Highs Wise also added that officials in Virginia must not let the budget proposal become a lawful
workaround to enforce what the administration wants while excluding the will and the people's voice. The
legislative director for the ACLU of Virginia, Ashna Khanna, spoke up saying Virginia should also take the
same approach as New Jersey as they passed their legitimate cannabis plan just this week, which not just
fines and charges underaged people but sets up intervention services for them.
The Budget Deal Also Includes Provisions for Hemp

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The budget compromises also include the wording to create new labeling of hemp products and
requirements for laboratory testing. The proposal would prohibit the sale of products that contain THC to
anybody younger than 21 years old. It, however, includes an exception for patients who require medical
marijuana. The plan would as well ban products sold in specific child-like forms or are fake products.
Virginia Cannabis Business Association lobbyist Dylan Bishop praised the legislature and Governor Glenn
Youngkin's administration for drafting a proposal in collaboration with the cannabis industry.
Dylan Bishop, in a statement, said it appropriately addresses the justified public concerns on safety over
products that are labeled and packed irresponsibly without unjustly putting Virginia's farmers, small
businesses, and retailers at a disadvantage. But J.M. Pedini, the executive director of The National
Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) in Virginia, who supported legislation that would
have seen delta-8 products regulated, claimed that the compromise on the budget will still not change the
existing loopholes.
This budget proposal is not the first time Virginia lawmakers have made attempts to abolish the cannabis
legalization law passed last year. During the regular session of this year's General Assembly, Senator Adam
Evin submitted a bill to regulate the sale of cannabis, which would lead to a new misconduct possession
crime. And then, in April, the State Senate declined yet another proposal, this one from Youngkin, which
was to criminalize possession of more than two ounces of weeds under the hemp industry bill.
A decision might be made after the General Assembly meets in a special session to contemplate the budget
proposal, as well as the provision for re-criminalization of possession of over four ounces of weed.
Bottom Line
Although the bill to recriminalize the possession of cannabis of more than four ounces has support from
both the Democrats and the Republicans, there are still individuals in the legislative, as well as cannabis
activists, who see the bill as a step backward and in the wrong direction.
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