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D.C. marijuana activists storm Capitol Hill with a pot pipe and colonial costumes

Submitted by Marijuana News on Thu, 03/19/2015 - 09:31

There was a brief moment Tuesday afternoon when Rep. Jason Chaffetz’s (R-Utah) legislative director cradled a foot-long, glass marijuana pipe in her hands.

The handmade smoking utensil was a “peace pipe” offering from Adam Eidinger, the chair of the DC Cannabis Campaign, the group that successfully organized efforts to legalize marijuana through a voter initiative last November. Chaffetz — chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, which handles D.C. affairs — made a last ditch attempt in February to block the marijuana law before it went into effect.

Citing House Committee on Ethics rules, Amber Talley, the legislative director, sheepishly put the pipe down and said she couldn’t accept it, though noted she “appreciated the sentiment.” (She may have also opted to forgo the pipe because drug paraphernalia is illegal on federal property.)

Eidinger and a handful of other city activists crammed in to Chaffetz’s office on Capitol...

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