Sticker shock at medical marijuana dispensaries in Virginia is spurring patients in the state to seek cheaper alternatives, according to a recent study presented to the Cannabis Control Authority.
That includes the illicit market in Virginia as well as nearby cannabis retailers in other states, Roanoke-based Cardinal News reported, citing the study.
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A measure legalizing recreational cannabis in Virginia was signed into law in 2021, but efforts to enact the adult-use statute have stalled in the state’s General Assembly.
In the meantime, Virginia medical marijuana patients reported paying as much as $19 per gram for flower products in the state’s limited MMJ market, according to the 78-page report released Tuesday.
Those high prices compelled 90% of Virginia’s MMJ patients to try other sources, including “considerably cheaper” cannabis from unregulated “but not necessarily illicit” providers, Cardinal News reported.
Cannabis consumers in northern Virginia, for example, can travel
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