A newly enacted law in Virginia prohibits employers from disciplining, discharging or discriminating against an employee for lawful use of cannabis oil if it was prescribed as treatment by a health care practitioner. The new law only applies to “cannabis oil,” which has a limited and technical definition under Virginia law as “any formulation of processed Cannabis plant extract, which may include oil from industrial hemp extract acquired by a pharmaceutical processor, or a dilution of the resin of the Cannabis plant that contains at least five milligrams of cannabidiol (CBD) or tetrahydrocannabinolic acid (THC-A) and no more than 10 milligrams of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol per dose.” State officials said the limited new protections for medicinal use of cannabis oil are separate from broader protections for all forms of medical marijuana.
Virginia law shields CBD users
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