Bowser signs bill allowing adult DC residents to self-prescribing medical marijuana July 7, 2022 AggregatedNews District of Columbia 0 Comments 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… Read More→
D.C. lawmakers pass a bill that would ban firing employees for failed marijuana tests June 8, 2022 AggregatedNews District of Columbia 0 Comments 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… Read More→
As Marijuana Legalization Advances In The D.C. Region, Lawmakers Focus On Racial Equity March 2, 2021 AggregatedNews District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia 0 Comments 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… Read More→
D.C. Opens Medical Marijuana Dispensaries To Patients From Most States Where It’s Legal August 12, 2019 AggregatedNews District of Columbia 0 Comments 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… Read More→
One of DC’s Own and Her Partners Open Anacostia Organics January 24, 2019 Press Release Retail 0 Comments Congratulations go out to my friend and new District of Columbia medical marijuana retail licensee Linda Mercado Greene and her partners for their grand opening of Anacostia Organics. It's always nice to see the good guys (gals) win one and… Read More→
Most People Won’t Be Taken Into Custody For Smoking Cannabis In Public, Under New D.C. Policy September 24, 2018 AggregatedNews District of Columbia 0 Comments D.C. police say they will take fewer people into custody when they are caught using marijuana in public, and instead cite them the way they would someone caught for a moving violation. The new policy was announced late Friday by… Read More→