The statewide work of Marijuana Justice has already made an impact by creating less harsh penalties in 2020 decriminalization and fighting for redressing past harms within the 2021 legalization proposal. Marijuana Justice is excited to continue to build people power in the Commonwealth to fully dismantle the Virginia Drug War and bring restitution to our Indigenous, Black, and other disparately impacted family members.

This specific project will help end the harm the cannabis prohibition has had on families in Richmond, Va. Despite legalizing cannabis this year, children remain separated from their homes due to parent or guardian's possession or use of marijuana. We need to identify which codes are criminalizing parents in Richmond, Virginia, and start making policy recommendations to stop it. We are starting locally for parental rights in marijuana because the issue is prominent in the Richmond area. We hope to use Richmond as a model for statewide parental rights in marijuana legislation.

We need to research the specific codes that criminalize parents for marijuana offenses in Richmond, Va.

We need a volunteer to research for Local Ordinances & Resolutions for Richmond, Virginia. We need to research the specific codes that criminalize parents for marijuana offenses in Richmond, Va. This would include hospitals, DSS, and other health institutions that have policies around drug reporting and all those things. This may require FOIA request. We need volunteer to help identify those codes and begin to write policy recommendations for solutions.