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Abigail Spanberger: “The limitation that I had initially suggested as it related…”

Featuring: Abigail Spanberger, Democratic | Governor of Virginia

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Governor Spanberger Announces Details of Agreement to Create Retail Cannabis Market in Virginia

Published | Video Starts at 16:10

So the compromise there was, well, we'll do as. And we dug into what other states had done. Other states had done a tiered process. The limitation that I had initially suggested as it related to the number of stores... was based on feedback from other states. where they had opened the market widely. Many people had gone out to get licenses started stores and they had oversaturation and essentially failed businesses throughout the communities. (16:10–16:24)

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Asserts that the initial limitation on the number of cannabis stores was based on feedback from other states.

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