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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…

D.C. Sets First-Ever Hearing On Bill To Legalize Recreational Marijuana Sales

More than a dozen states across the U.S. have already legalized marijuana sales, and later this fall lawmakers in D.C. will start debating whether to join that group. The D.C. Council has scheduled a public hearing on Nov. 19 to consider legislation…

The Ban On Recreational Weed Sales In D.C. Lives On In Biden’s Proposed Budget

President Joe Biden’s proposed 2022 budget is a mixed bag for the District of Columbia. On one hand, the newly released $6 trillion spending plan includes $40 million for a program that allows D.C. residents to pay in-state tuition at public colleges…

Aiming for equity, D.C. may reserve some medical cannabis licenses for ex-inmates with drug convictions

The D.C. Council on Tuesday will consider legislation that reserves some new medical marijuana business licenses for people who were previously incarcerated for drug-related offenses — the latest effort by city lawmakers to bolster equity in the expanding industry. The…

As Marijuana Legalization Advances In The D.C. Region, Lawmakers Focus On Racial Equity

March 2, 2021
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When talk of legalizing marijuana at the state level started a decade ago, many advocates and lawmakers were focused on how the programs would work and how much revenue they’d bring in. Now, those conversations have shifted: how can the…

Local Weed Workers Make History As First Employees From D.C. Dispensary To Unionize

For the first time in D.C., cannabis dispensary workers ratified a union contract with their employer — a landmark not just for the dispensary’s employees, but also for the city’s nascent marijuana industry. The employees work for DC Holistic Wellness, a one-year-old dispensary located…

D.C. legalized marijuana, but one thing didn’t change: Almost everyone arrested on pot charges is Black

Police in D.C. are far more likely to arrest Blacks than Whites for marijuana-related offenses, five years after the city enacted reforms that proponents hoped would end racial disparities in enforcement. Although marijuana arrests have declined by more than half,…

D.C. approves law to allow licensed students to consume medical marijuana at school

D.C. lawmakers made it clear: Students are permitted to consume medical marijuana on school grounds. The D.C. Council passed emergency legislation Tuesday to clarify existing city law to ensure schools do not prohibit students with medical marijuana licenses from consuming…

DC Health Accuses District Cannabis Titans of Straw Ownership Scheme

The dispensary denies the allegations as "false," "inflammatory," and "baseless," and is suing the city. It was supposed to be completely routine. Once a quarter, players in D.C.’s medical marijuana scene get together with the Department of Health (recently renamed…

D.C. Is Ready to Make Legal Marijuana a Boon for Big Business. But What About for Racial Justice?

When D.C. legalized the possession of marijuana in 2014, it was the product of a movement that, in many ways, was the first of its kind. “The campaign in D.C. was the first in the country that centrally focused on…

D.C. Opens Medical Marijuana Dispensaries To Patients From Most States Where It’s Legal

Medical marijuana patients from across the U.S. can now buy their medicine at D.C. dispensaries. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Thursday that the list of states with medical marijuana programs whose residents can purchase their pot in D.C. is expanding from 19 to…

D. C. Mayor Muriel Bowser unveils bill to legalize recreational marijuana sales

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) announced legislation Thursday to legalize and regulate recreational marijuana dispensaries in the nation’s capital, setting up a potential showdown with the federal government. The District’s marijuana laws are in limbo. Residents can legally grow…

Democratic House flip may mean full legalization of marijuana in nation’s capital

Residents of the nation’s capital get no vote in Congress, but the Democratic takeover of the House may come with a consolation prize: recreational marijuana shops. D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D), fresh off her reelection victory, said Wednesday she…