“Medical cannabis patients in recovery deserve the same opportunity for stable housing as any other patient managing a chronic condition with a lawfully prescribed medication.”
By Jeremy Tillem, GreenhouseRVA
Virginia’s recovery housing system is now forcing legal medical cannabis patients out of stable, certified homes—not because of any new public safety threat, but because a state law passed before cannabis was federally recognized as having accepted medical value refuses to catch up with reality.
As of July 1, new certification mandates under Senate Bill 270, which was passed this year, require state-approved recovery residences to prohibit all cannabis use—including doctor-approved medical cannabis that the U.S. Department of Justice officially rescheduled to Schedule III under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) in April.
This creates an immediate, unconstitutional conflict: certified homes for people recovering from substance use disorders must either demand that residents abruptly stop a federally lawful Schedule III medication or risk losing their ability to operate.
As a result, residents are left to choose between their prescribed treatment for chronic pain, PTSD, anxiety or other conditions and a roof over their heads.
This is not a minor regulatory technicality. Under the Americans with Disabilities Act, individuals using controlled substances are
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