Recreational marijuana use now legal for adults in Virginia

[Zeedox]

Recreational marijuana use now legal for adults in Virginia

(WSET) — There's something in the air in Virginia Thursday morning. Did things feel different when you woke Thursday? Turns out, it's the newNORML(pun intended); recreational marijuana use is now legal for adults in Virginia. The Commonwealth becomes the first Southern state to legalize weed...

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There's something in the air in Virginia Thursday morning. Did things feel different when you woke Thursday? Turns out, it's the new NORML (pun intended); recreational marijuana use is now legal for adults in Virginia.

The Commonwealth becomes the first Southern state to legalize weed for recreational use, effective at 12 a.m. Thursday, July 1, 2021.

But, what does that mean for you?

Turns out, it doesn't give you a free pass to smoke pot. Based on the law, you can grow it, gift it in private -- ie. you and a friend can share amongst yourselves -- or have an ounce or less in your possession -- if you’re over 21. However, selling, buying, or driving with it will be illegal.

 

[Gomez Adams]

Oh man. Way to go, Virginia!

Now, if only they'd make radar detectors legal.

 

[Zeedox]

I find the driving with it curious. We're allowed to have our public 1 ounce with us (in a vehicle) as long as its out of the passenger compartment.

 

[Gomez Adams]

out of the passenger compartment.

So, trunk then? Or does the glove box count?

 

[Zeedox]

Essentially out of reach of the driver or occupants.

Growing, storage and transportation | AGLC

Growing, storage and transportation

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• Within Canada, you are allowed to transport cannabis in a vehicle, but it must be secured in closed packaging and not within reach of the driver or occupants.

When you buy cannabis it comes in a sealed container/bag with a tax stamp. On sale that is put into a brown paper bag which is folded and sealed. I typically put it in the trunk. When I've seen people with trucks I've seen one of three things - if alone the glove compartment or behind the passenger seat otherwise the back box.

When I go out with some homegrown or previously opened I'll drop it in the trunk.

 

[Hugo Stiglitz]

If it was sealed what difference does it make? Do you have to put your liquor or beer in the trunk on the way home?

 

[Zeedox]

If it was sealed what difference does it make? Do you have to put your liquor or beer in the trunk on the way home?

Yes to alcohol also.

In fact, there is an old-law time limit to take home liquor from the store if the cops want to be real hard asses here in my province.

 

[Gomez Adams]

When I go to the package store to stock up I just put it in the back seat and off I go. There's nothing the cops can do about it so long as it isn't open.

 

[Zeedox]

Up here it's lumped in with the not accessible to driver.