Legislators want to “change the law that they created, to clearly favor Wall Street corporations over Virginia farmers and small businesses.”
By Charlotte Rene Woods, Virginia Mercury
A legal cannabis market is set to take effect in Virginia next summer under the final state budget, but Mannassas-based Barbara Biddle has already given notice to her landlord to shut down one of her two hemp stores.
As a purveyor of hemp-infused products, her District Hemp Botanicals shops sell creams, bath salts, infused drinks and gummies that contain CBD or THC—two chemical compounds found in both cannabis and hemp plants.
Forthcoming federal hemp definition changes after Congress previously opened the door to broader hemp markets are set to take effect in November this year while Virginia’s potential legal cannabis market is set to take effect next July.
While CBD, short for cannabidiol, does not produce a high, THC, short for tetrahydrocannabinol, does.
Both components have been touted for their health benefits like soothing pain and relieving stress or anxiety. THC-infused drinks have also emerged as an alcohol alternative for people abstaining from the substance who don’t want to be totally sober. The concept has been a driving force in Virginia’s yearslong effort
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