Virginia House, Senate pass marijuana legalization, end most mandatory minimums

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Published February 8, 2021 8:00pm ET

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Virginia House, Senate pass marijuana legalization, end most mandatory minimums — FILE - This Feb. 1, 2011 file photo shows medical marijuana clone plants at a medical marijuana dispensary in Oakland, Calif. Illinois officials released figures Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014 detailing how medical marijuana business applications are distributed around the state, the first indication of where competition will be fiercest for a limited number of cultivation center and dispensary permits. The Illinois Department of Agriculture received 159 applications for cultivation centers and expects to award 21 licenses, one in each Illinois State Police district. ( AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File) | Jeff Chiu

Both chambers of the Virginia General Assembly passed bills that would legalize the recreational sale and use of marijuana and end most of the state’s mandatory minimum sentence requirements.

House Bill 2312 and Senate Bill 1406, would both legalize the sale, possession and consumption of marijuana in the commonwealth, but some differences in the proposals by the chambers will need to be worked out before they can send an agreed-upon version of the bill to Gov. Ralph Northam’s desk.

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