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Virginia Gov. Sends Legalized Weed Dreams Up in Smoke

If you have any friends in Virginia that still have their “Vote YES” yard signs on display, be kind to them; it’s been a tough couple of weeks.

The hardest hit may have been delivered on Tuesday when Gov. Abigail Spanberger vetoed the Marijuana Marketplace bills (House Bill 642 and Senate Bill 542). Most figured this was a “slam dunk.” “C’mon!”

You might hear them shout, “It’s an all-Democrat government and we DON’T have legal weed sales?”

Understandable, but we should consider the governor’s reasoning. No, not her future presidential bids. The statement she issued along with the veto stated: “It is critical that we incorporate lessons learned by other states and ensure that our regulatory framework is fully prepared to provide strong oversight from day one.”

Lessons learned in other states? Let’s dig into that.

Colorado is more than 12 years into recreational cannabis sales, the longest run in the country, and issues keep cropping up, involving everything from public consumption to tax policies. In 2012 and 2013,........

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