Virginia Governor Explains Shock Rejection Of Cannabis Retail Market

Rather than launch a $1 billion cannabis market that might have problems, Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger would prefer no legal retail sales at all.

Concerns over a “rushed” launch that could repeat “the mistakes of other states” – plus a belief that Virginia was going to permit too many stores – convinced the governor to scrap plans to finally begin to adult-use cannabis sales, she said Wednesday at an unrelated event.

“I continue to support the creation of a retail marijuana market,” said the governor, who stressed that the market must also be “a durable one.”

“The notion that, between July and January, we would be able to build out all of the rules of the road for a legal recreational marijuana market and have doors open to sales in January, is a rushed time frame,” Spanberger said.

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