Virginia’s Cannabis Sales Legalization Bill Gives An Unfair Head Start To Existing Big Businesses (Op-Ed)

Virginia Moves to Launch Legal Cannabis Marketplace After Years of Delay

Five years after Virginia legalized possession of small amounts of marijuana but failed to create a way for people to legally buy it, state lawmakers last week approved legislation establishing a regulated retail market for adult-use cannabis, potentially ending years of uncertainty over how cannabis could be legally bought and sold in the state. Continue reading Virginia Moves to Launch Legal Cannabis Marketplace After Years of Delay at Royal E…

Virginia’s Cannabis Sales Legalization Bill Gives An Unfair Head Start To Existing Big Businesses (Op-Ed)

"Catching a market in motion is fundamentally harder than entering one that has not started yet." By Max Jackson, Cannabis Wise Guys Imagine a race track. Five cars are already on it-tuned, tested, crewed and running laps at two hundred miles an hour. They have been on this track for years. Now imagine telling a new driver to enter that race. Not next season. Today. Except they do not have a car yet. They have not built it. They have not secured…