In an article published in Law360, Chuck Slemp discusses the Virginia cannabis market reset as Governor Abagail Spanberger vetoes legislation that would have established a regulated adult-use retail framework—keeping the Commonwealth in its current position: legal possession, but no legal marketplace. Governor Spanberger’s veto leaves Virginia without a near-term path to a regulated retail cannabis market, but it also provides meaningful guidance on the contours of any future framework.

Read the key takeaways here.