Nearly 6 months after legalization. questions remain about marijuana laws in DC

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WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- It's been nearly six months since marijuana officially became legal in Washington D.C., but questions still remain about laws governing the drug in the District.

It's still illegal to sell it, but individuals above the age of 21 can have up to two ounces of marijuana or six plants.

Initiative 71, which passed overwhelming in November of 2014, is a significant change, but not everyone has noticed it.

"I really didn't notice any changes in the district," one woman told WUSA, "and I live in the district."

When asked, others said the same thing, that since the initiative things seem "pretty much the same."

For Alan Amsterdam, it's very different.

In 2011, the "head shop" he co-owned was raided by the Metropolitan Police Department.

"They took all of our stuff. Arrested all my employees. Then they dropped all of the charges and three weeks later they...

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