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A Weed Dispensary On Every Corner? Bowser Will Send Tax-And-Regulate Scheme To The Council
NOV 7, 3:18 PM
A Weed Dispensary On Every Corner? Bowser Will Send Tax-And-Regulate Scheme To The Council
House Republicans have long intervened in local District affairs, on issues like legalized marijuana, abortions, guns, and needle exchanges. ... But there’s a new boss in town. Now that Democrats will take control of the House of Representatives for the first time since 2010, will there be a weed dispensary on every corner in D.C.?
Newly reelected Mayor Muriel Bowser says that she is sending a taxation and regulation scheme for marijuana sales to the D.C. Council in the new year.
“We have an untenable situation that I believe makes us unsafe,” Bowser said at a press conference on Wednesday afternoon. Under the legalization law that passed by ballot Initiative 71 in 2014, residents over the age of 21 can possess, purchase, give away, and grow pot for recreational purposes, but cannot sell it.
That’s because, since 2014, Congress has included language in a spending bill that prevents the District from spending any of its funds to create a tax-and-regulate system. Capitol Hill similarly blocked D.C.’s medical marijuana program for a decade using budget riders.
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A Weed Dispensary On Every Corner? Bowser Will Send Tax-And-Regulate Scheme To The Council
House Republicans have long intervened in local District affairs, on issues like legalized marijuana, abortions, guns, and needle exchanges. ... But there’s a new boss in town. Now that Democrats will take control of the House of Representatives for the first time since 2010, will there be a weed dispensary on every corner in D.C.?
Newly reelected Mayor Muriel Bowser says that she is sending a taxation and regulation scheme for marijuana sales to the D.C. Council in the new year.
“We have an untenable situation that I believe makes us unsafe,” Bowser said at a press conference on Wednesday afternoon. Under the legalization law that passed by ballot Initiative 71 in 2014, residents over the age of 21 can possess, purchase, give away, and grow pot for recreational purposes, but cannot sell it.
That’s because, since 2014, Congress has included language in a spending bill that prevents the District from spending any of its funds to create a tax-and-regulate system. Capitol Hill similarly blocked D.C.’s medical marijuana program for a decade using budget riders.
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