Adult-use cannabis sales in Virginia would finally begin in May 2025 under a compromise proposal that advanced in the state’s Democratic-controlled General Assembly.

However, without a supermajority to overcome a “potential veto” from Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin, final passage remains uncertain, Richmond TV station WRIC reported.

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Virginia legalized recreational marijuana in 2021, with sales originally scheduled to launch Jan. 1, 2024.

But that bill required lawmakers to reenact certain portions of law to allow for taxed and regulated sales.

And so far, that has not happened.

A bipartisan sales bill failed last year after Youngkin signaled his opposition, sources told MJBizDaily.

And the governor in January reiterated his opposition to legal sales.

In the meantime, an illicit market that includes “gifting” shops worth

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