Cannabis multistate operators in Virginia are focused on building out their medical marijuana facilities while they wait to see whether the commonwealth’s adult-use program actually launches in 2024 as planned, now that Republicans control much of the state government.
Virginia lawmakers last year approved legislation legalizing what would be the first commercial recreational marijuana market in the South. Democrats were then in control of state government.
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But a 2024 launch is far from certain, sources told MJBizDaily, after Republicans retook the state House of Delegates and the governor’s mansion last November, throwing the upcoming recreational market – and its structure – into doubt.
In the meantime, representatives from Florida-based Jushi Holdings and New York-headquartered Columbia Care – which have MMJ licenses in Virginia – say they’re focused on opening their six total dispensaries allowed under state law.
They also are building out related infrastructure such as grow rooms
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