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D.C. legalized weed. A marijuana delivery service was indicted anyway.

A judge refused to hand out prison sentences and urged officials to resolve the tension between local legalization and federal prohibition Connor Pennington always knew he would start his own business, though he wasn’t sure what type. His family recalls…

DC’s congresswoman wants weed at US Botanic Garden

After successfully advocating for a hemp display at the U.S. Botanic Garden, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, the Democratic representative for D.C., has sent a letter requesting to introduce a marijuana display. “As individual states and the country as a whole…

D.C. wants to bring marijuana gifting shops into the medical market

New legislation removes the cap on the number of medical dispensaries and cultivators allowed in the District It started with brownies to send her son to college. It was 2017, just a few years after D.C. voters overwhelmingly voted tolegalize…

DC crackdown on marijuana gifting shops begins

Thursday marked the District’s official crackdown on so-called marijuana gifting shops which sell items or services such as clothing or massages and then “gifts” marijuana. These owners say the D.C. Joint Cannabis Task Force will be targeting them unfairly while…

D.C. To Start Inspecting Marijuana Gifting Stores For Health Code And Tax Violations

D.C. regulators will start inspecting marijuana gifting stores in September for health code, tax, and licensing violations, potentially increasing the pressure on businesses that some local legislators say have been skirting the law and undermining the city’s regulated medical marijuana dispensaries. According…

Bowser signs bill allowing adult DC residents to self-prescribing medical marijuana

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser signed into law Wednesday an emergency bill allowing residents 21 and older to self-prescribe medical marijuana. Effective immediately, under the new law, residents over 21 no longer need a doctor’s recommendation for a medical marijuana patient…

D.C. Council allows adults over 21 easier access to medical marijuana

D.C. residents who are 21 and older will soon be able to self-certify their eligibility for medical marijuana under a proposal passed by the D.C. Council on Tuesday, which also approved measures allowing some minors to get certain vaccines without…

D.C. law would ban firms from firing workers for positive pot tests

Private companies in D.C. will not be allowed to fire workers who test positive for marijuana use, under a law passed by the D.C. Council on Tuesday that now heads to the desk of Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) for…

D.C. lawmakers pass a bill that would ban firing employees for failed marijuana tests

The city council in Washington, D.C. unanimously passed a bill Tuesday that, if approved by Mayor Muriel Bowser, would stop employers from firing employees who fail marijuana drug tests. The bill, named the Cannabis Employment Protections Amendment Act of 2022, would also…

D.C. Council votes down bill targeting marijuana ‘gifting’ shops

The D.C. Council on Tuesday voted against imposing harsh penalties meant to put marijuana “gifting” shops out of business, with opponents of the bill saying they wanted more hearings on the issue. “Gifting” businesses have proliferated, with storefronts selling a…

Marijuana Gifters Face Closure Under D.C. Council Bill, But Getting Medical Weed Would Be Easier

D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson has called for a vote next Tuesday on emergency legislation that would allow the city to close down virtually any business that gives gifts of marijuana starting in mid-May, while at the same time eliminating the need…

DC Council chair says Congress is making ‘lawless’ marijuana situation worse

The chairman of the D.C. Council said that Congress is making crime worse in the District by continuing to stop local leaders from regulating the sale of recreational marijuana. “It perpetuates the current lawless situation in the city,” said Council…

Congress Maintains Ban On D.C. Legalizing Sales Of Recreational Marijuana

A draft federal spending bill unveiled by Democratic congressional leaders on Wednesday maintains a seven-year-old prohibition on D.C. legalizing recreational marijuana sales, again frustrating local efforts to tax and regulate sales that many states — including Maryland and Virginia — are currently pushing forward. It also…

DC Council may aid medical marijuana while endangering the pot ‘gift’ economy

The D.C. Council will be considering legislation on Nov. 2 to help providers and consumers of medical marijuana affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The legislation may also cripple the city’s gray market of retail and delivery services that provide marijuana…

Senate Democrats Remove Spending Bill Provision That Blocked D.C. From Legalizing Marijuana Sales

A package of spending bills unveiled by a U.S. Senate committee on Monday evening does not include language that had prohibited D.C. from legalizing the sale of marijuana for the last six years, lifting a significant roadblock to the city’s plans to legalize and…