                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ADVERTISING AND MARKETING (§ 4.1-1603.3)

A. Pharmaceutical processors and cannabis dispensing facilities may (i)
advertise and promote products and operations and (ii) provide educational
material to practitioners, patients, and the public.

B. Pharmaceutical processors and cannabis dispensing facilities may engage in
advertising or marketing that does not:

   1. Include false or misleading statements;

   2. Promote overconsumption;

   3. Depict a person younger than 21 years of age;

   4. Appeal particularly to persons younger than 21 years of age, including by
   using cartoons in any way;

   5. Associate cannabis products with candy or similar products or depicts any
   images that bear a reasonable resemblance to a candy or similar product; or

   6. Contain any seal, flag, crest, coat of arms, or other insignia that is
   likely to mislead patients or the public to believe that the cannabis product
   is made or endorsed by the Commonwealth.

C. All advertising and marketing by pharmaceutical processors and cannabis
dispensing facilities shall (i) accurately and legibly identify the
pharmaceutical processor or cannabis dispensing facility responsible for its
content, (ii) include a statement that cannabis products are for use by
certified patients only, and (iii) comply with Board regulations.

HISTORY: 2023, cc. 760, 780, § 54.1-3442.7:3.