Virginians Against Drug Violence is an organization devoted to ending the drug war in Virginia. It was founded in 1990 by Lennice Werth. Prominent members include Roy Scherer and Michael Krawitz. The organization reviews the Virginia General Assembly's bills every year, sending out emails to a network of citizens and urging them to contact their legislators on relevant issues. It recent years they have moved much of their notifications to social media, primarily Facebook. Their activists persuaded the legislature to carve out an exemption in the marijuana cultivation law so that individuals growing cannabis for their own use would be prosecuted only for simple possession. Virginia thus has more lenient laws on cultivation than even California. In addition, their activists successfully lobbied the General Assembly to keep medical marijuana legal for cancer and glaucoma, and to put marijuana in a class by itself, as opposed to being a scheduled controlled substance.
More recently they have has worked with Virginia NORML and Cannabis Commonwealth.
Virginians Against Drug Violence is an organization devoted to ending the drug war in Virginia. It was founded in 1990 by Lennice Werth. Prominent members include Roy Scherer and Michael …
We are a voluntary grassroots association of persons who participate in activities directed at ending the drug war in our state. We have a vision of peace, which recognizes prohibition as a …
Virginians Against Drug Violence is an organization devoted to ending the drug war in Virginia. It was founded in 1990 by Lennice Werth. Prominent members include Roy Scherer and Michael …
01 Feb 2000 · For the past dozen years, Virginia's legislators have aggressively promoted the passing of laws aimed at curbing illegal drug use. Scores of bills have been introduced that …
7 hours ago · Drug endangerment incidents investigated by West Virginia child advocacy centers reached a three-year high between July 2023 and June 2024, but remain below where they …
A voluntary association of persons in Virginia who wish to seek nonviolent and tolerant ways of dealing with drug problems.
23 Okt 2024 · Virginia’s governor is now cracking down on organized gangs in the state by establishing a gang and community violence prevention partnership through an executive …
04 Jun 2024 · Members of Virginia Moms Against Fentanyl, a grassroots awareness group, are among the growing number of women who have lost loved ones to the substance.
Virginians Against Drug Violence is a voluntary [grassroots] association of persons who share a vision of drug peace.
28 Jun 2024 · Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares launched “One Pill Can Kill” in November 2023 to create open conversations among families about the extreme threat that counterfeit …
