Medical cannabis in Virginia

Medical cannabis in Virginia is allowed to be used pursuant to Code of Virginia § 18.2-250.1. Virginia was the first state to legalize cannabis for certain medical purposes in 1979, fully 17 years before California did so. In 1997 and in 2014, attempts were made to repeal the provision allowing this medicinal use. Both times, Delegate Robert Marshall argued that a California physician could telephone in a cannabis recommendation for a Virginia patient. Medical cannabis advocates acknowledge that this has in fact happened before.