After three years, Capitol Hemp is back in business

At the newly opened Capitol Hemp shop in Adams Morgan, $50 can buy a small pipe, a bag of hemp pretzels and some 24-karat-gold rolling paper. Or, you could blow the whole amount on a Bud Bug.

“This is by far the weirdest thing we sell at the store,” Capitol Hemp’s co-owner Adam Eidinger said as he pulled a box down from a shelf. Inside was a colorful, oversize mechanical insect that grinds clumps of marijuana as it scoots across the floor, leaving a trail of finely ground cannabis in its path.

“As I said, we sell hard-to-find pieces,” Eidinger quipped.

Monday marked the first day that Capitol Hemp was open for business in D.C.’s era of legalized marijuana. The official grand opening is Wednesday, featuring free hemp ice cream for customers.

Although it is still against the law to sell marijuana in the District, possession of the substance is...

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