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A 2021 federal survey found that 16.3 million people age 12 or older had a marijuana use disorder within the preceding 12 months. Use disorders involve impairment, the report said. (Image: Kaiser Health News)
Marijuana and other products containing THC, the plant’s main psychoactive ingredient, have grown more potent and more dangerous as legalization has made them more widely available.
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Work. It fills our waking hours. It supports us. It excites us. It exhausts us. It defines us.
“Working Virginia” probes how Virginians feel about their jobs. They tell us in their own voices.
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Chesapeake Bay cleanup is taking much longer than expected — and needs to switch gears, new research says Local News
“It’s time to take a hard look in the mirror and realize that we cannot rely on more money alone to meet the goals,” said Chesapeake Bay Foundation president Hilary Harp Falk.
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Non-discrimination resolution on transgender students in Virginia Beach draws more than 100 public commenters Local News
Students have lobbied for months for Virignia Beach's School Board to adopt something pushing back against proposed state policies.
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This women’s club helped Black southerners look out for their own during Jim Crow. Now, preservationists want to save its history. Local News
Virginia Federation of Colored Womens’ Clubs headquarters in Hampton among state’s most endangered historic sites
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The average percent change in rents statewide from 2011-2021 was 24%.
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At 95, retired Black Army officer sees his name replace Robert E. Lee's at Petersburg base Local News
At 95 years old, retired three-star Gen. Arthur Gregg is a rare living military installation namesake.
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Williamsburg-James City County schools remove a book from libraries for the first time following a parent’s complaint Local News
"Me and Earl and the Dying Girl" will be removed from two Williamsburg-James City County high schools' libraries.
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