D.C. Cannabis Laws Regress Under Social Use Ban
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The subscription service is currently unavailable. Please try again later.On Wednesday, it only took five minutes for the District of Columbia’s Judiciary Committee to be overpowered by the vote of the Chairman, Phil Mendelson (D), to move forward a bill to permanently ban the social use of cannabis in the District.
This means B21-0701, the “Marijuana Decriminalization Possession Clarification Amendment Act of 2016” will be scheduled for a second reading at another legislative meeting, as outlined in the legislation process on DCNA.org.
The D.C. Judiciary Committee voted to table the measure (3 – 2) but with the ‘yes’ vote from the Chairman of the Full Committee who was sitting in for Councilmember LaRuby May (D-Ward 8), the vote tipped in favor of passing the bill.
Initiative 71, the measure legalizing cannabis under certain circumstances, went into effect almost exactly a year ago in the District. Shortly after it passed, a clarification to the original legislation was added to ban cannabis use...
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