Virginia Marijuana Decriminalization: What's being proposed and how it could affect you
Politically, Virginia has come to be viewed as somewhat "purple," a mixture of southern conservatism and liberalizing suburbs, and weed activists now see it at the tipping point for legal marijuana.
But could it go green? Probably not all at once.
The Arlington County Civic Federation, made up of more than 80 community groups based in one of the state's most left-leaning regions, did approve a pro-medical marijuana resolution by a vote of 50 to 1 at the very beginning of 2017, indicating that it has become a priority. The organization claimed that 86% of Virginians support medical pot, while a 2016 poll released by Virginia Commonwealth University found that 62% of respondents "strongly or somewhat agreed that recreational use of marijuana should be legalized."
That same poll, however, revealed what is perhaps the citizenry's true focus when it comes to marijuana: decriminalization.
Seventy-eight percent "favored reducing the penalty for possessing small amounts of marijuana to a $100 fine...
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