In a 45-page indictment filed in the Eastern District of Virginia, Lucas and six co-defendants were charged with conspiring to distribute and possess marijuana, conspiring to launder money, laundering money, and committing bribery by distributing large quantities of illegal marijuana under the auspices of her legal medical cannabis business.

Lucas, an 82-year-old great-grandmother, has served in the Virginia Senate since 1992. She faces five of the eight charges included in the indictment. These charges arrive five months after the FBI raided Lucas’s office in Portsmouth, Virginia, and the neighboring cannabis dispensary she co-owns.

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[–] 49 points 1 day ago (9 children)

This trick does not work, folks.

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  • [–] 48 points 1 day ago (8 children)

    Yeah, but to be fair, the idea of arresting people on marijuana charges in 2026 is absurd.

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  • [+] -7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    a state senator purchasing marijuana while it is federally illegal is also absurd

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