FILE - In this April 20, 2017, file photo, a cannabis dispensary customer, right, smells a marijuana sample from a budtender at CannaDaddy's Wellness Center marijuana dispensary in Portland, Ore. that would’ve created the state’s first retail market for marijuana, which has been legal for adults in Virginia to possess in small quantities for a couple of years now.
From the point of view of a cannabis user, a deficit of legal outlets in their area could mean a lot of time and effort to acquire the drug via illegal means in their state or legal means in neighboring states. Citing 2018 figures, Vittert noted that Colorado pulled in $266 million in marijuana taxes, while Washington took in $367 million and California brought in $345 million.