Current Status: Medical use only

History:

2017: Medical cannabis legalised
2018: Medical cannabis laws go into effect
2020: Sales begin

Policy Framework:

• Patient and caregiver identification cards must be issued to patients wishing to obtain medical cannabis;
• Patients must have a qualifying condition in order to obtain medical cannabis (there are 18 listed);
• Doctors must be certified before they can prescribe cannabis;
• Home cultivation is not allowed;
• No more than 100 dispensaries will exist in West Virginia, with a limit of only 10 grower permits;
• Registration fees for dispensaries cost $US10,000 and registration fees for growers/cultivators cost $US50,000;
• 10% sales tax;
• Patients will be able to possess more than a 30-day supply as prescribed by a doctor.

Outcomes

• Between 2005 and 2017, cannabis use disorder in people over the age of 12, decreased from 1.9% to 1.3%.

Source: https://crime-data-explorer.fr.cloud.gov/explorer/state/west-virginia/crime