Retail Pot Sales May Be Coming Soon to the Nation’s Capital
While Congress has prevented the District of Columbia from opening retail pot shops in the nation’s capital, a ruling handed down last month by a D.C. Superior Court judge allows District lawmakers to begin discussing the concept of recreational pot sales at the end of September.
Several weeks ago, Judge Brian Holeman delivered a historical verdict that upholds the District’s Local Budget Autonomy Act — passed in 2013 by 82 percent of the voters — allowing the local government to have complete control over their financial agenda.
Refusing “to interfere with that lawful delegation of authority and exercise of that delegated authority by the council, the mayor, and the citizens of the District of Columbia,” Judge Holeman’sverdict liberates the District from the clutches of Congressional rule, which was established in 1973 with the passing of the Home Rule Act. This will now allow city officials free reign to enact...
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