General Assembly Wrap 2012

The 2012 General Assembly session closed without an agreement between the House of Delegates and the Senate on an operating budget for the state. Many other bills passed or failed during the 90-day session.

Could Increasing the Cost of Cheap Cigars Reduce Teenage Marijuana Use?

Supporters of tax increases on cheap cigars say higher prices will be a disincentive for teenage tobacco use. What’s not clear is whether the increases will also dissuade kids from smoking blunts — hollowed out cigars filled with marijuana.

Medical Marijuana Work Group Scheduled to Make Recommendations by Friday

A medical marijuana work group will recommend two models for new legislation. One would assign medical marijuana distribution solely to academic institutions, while the other would permit physicians to recommend its use as treatment and establish state-regulated growers and distributors.