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Virginia moves one step closer to adult-use marijuana sales launch

Virginia lawmakers advanced legislation that could see adult-use cannabis sales begin as soon as November. The South's first adult-use cannabis market moved one step closer to reality when the General Assembly passed both House Bill 642 and Senate Bill 542. 

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