His amendment would increase the penalty for possession of more than two ounces of marijuana from a $25 fine to a misdemeanor.
“This change by the Administration would reactivate the criminalization of marijuana by taking people back to criminal court with the possibility of incarceration,” the Joint CannaJustice Coalition, a group of social-equity and legalization-advocacy organizations,
Advocates and groups who worked on Ebbin’s legalization bill were frustrated to see the governor take steps to add criminal penalties after House Republicans did not address the issue of setting the framework for legal sales.
Youngkin also proposed amending Hanger’s bill to change regulations around the hemp market — raising the minimum age to buy CBD products to 21 and banning products with Delta-8 THC, a hemp-derived compound that has become popular for its similarity to Delta-9, the main compound in marijuana that gives consumers a high.Before Youngkin’s amendments, Hanger’s bill would have significantly tightened the amount of concentrated THC that was legal to sell in hemp products.
The Youngkin official said the changes to the hemp regulations were designed to strike a balance between consumer safety and preserving access to the full spectrum of the CBD market.
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