Commercial sales won't begin until 2024, and many of the details about how the new industry will work have yet to be ironed out. The General Assembly still needs to figure out how the licenses to manufacture and sell marijuana will be distributed and who will get them. Paul Seaborn at the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia says this is a rare opportunity for lawmakers to shape the creation of a new industry. "It is quite rare for a new industry to just show up somewhat suddenly," Seaborn says. "But I think Virginia has had the opportunity to watch and learn from other ju...