Virginia’s governor says she is having “really productive” and “incredible” conversations with lawmakers about crafting a compromise approach to legalizing recreational marijuana sales that could pass as part of budget legislation this month.
“I don’t want to get ahead of the process,” Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) said on Monday when asked about the fact that she has been holding meetings with legislators on the issue in recent days after vetoing an earlier proposal to enact the reform, as Marijuana Moment reported last week.
“I will say that I have had incredible conversations, really productive, and that’s always been the case,” she said, citing talks with Sen. Laschrecse Aird (D) and Del. Paul Krizek (D), who sponsored the Senate and House of Delegates versions of the cannabis commercialization legislation that the governor vetoed last month.
“Our teams and we have had substantial conversations where we have the shared priorities of wanting to have a legal framework for recreational market that can make sense of where we are today,” Spanberger said, “that can put real constraints and guidelines on the market, with ensuring that we are working in the best interests of Virginians—certainly protecting kids, ensuring public safety and community priorities—but also
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