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Marijuana Legalized in Washington D.C., But Congress Isn't Happy

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Submitted by Marijuana News on Thu, 02/26/2015 - 11:21

(Bloomberg) -- Marijuana is now effectively legal in the nation’s capital even though Congress tried to stop it.

 

District of Columbia residents who are at least 21 years old are free to grow as many as six plants and possess as much as 2 ounces, as a measure approved by voters in November took effect Thursday. It’s still illegal to sell the drug or smoke it in public.

Mayor Muriel Bowser, a Democrat, allowed legalization to begin over the opposition of federal lawmakers, who have constitutional sway over the city. In December, Congress attached a provision to the U.S. budget that blocked the city from spending money to implement the measure. District officials said it doesn’t apply because the initiative was enacted before the budget. The police chief and head prosecutor agree.

“The residents of the District of Columbia spoke loud and clear,” Bowser told...

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