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The Cannabis Control Authority's first draft sets fees, security rules and a 350-store retail cap ahead of adult-use sales in July 2027. For hospitality operators the decisive rule is already law: no marijuana license may be granted at a place where alcohol or tobacco is made, sold or used.
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Attorney General Jay Jones announced the Regulated Products Enforcement Unit on July 30. Hours earlier the Fourth Circuit upheld North Carolina's vape directory against a preemption challenge, the ruling a Virginia injunction had been waiting on since December.
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Congress passed a one-month delay on September 1 and sent it to the President. The federal limit is 0.4mg of total THC per container. Virginia's cap, in force since August 15, is 2mg per package.
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The 25-to-1 ratio allowance is gone, replaced by a hard two-milligram total THC cap per package as of August 15. Regulation moved from VDACS to the Cannabis Control Authority, which now has cease-and-desist power.
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Spanberger vetoed the retail marijuana framework on May 19. Five weeks later the same framework was written into the budget with her agreement. Sales begin July 1, 2027. No restaurant or bar can hold a license or allow consumption.
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