Proponents of a District initiative to permit the possession and cultivation of limited amounts of marijuana by those age 21 or older have turned in 57,000 signatures to the DC Board of Elections. The proposed ballot initiative (Initiative Measure 71) seeks to remove all criminal and civil penalties in regard to the adult possession of up to two ounces of cannabis and/or the cultivation of up to six plants.
Day: July 8, 2014
Washington: State-Licensed Retail Cannabis Sales Begin
Washington’s first state-licensed retail cannabis operators opened for business this morning. The state’s Liquor Control Board issued 24 marijuana retailer licenses late last week. (Under state regulations, the Board may issue up to 334 licenses to retail facilities.) Of those, six opened for business today – the first day legal sales were permissible – according to the Associated Press.
Open Thread
I’m on my way to Los Angeles for a few days for work.
Here are a few items to get your blood boiling…
Meet Jason Westcott, your latest, needless, inexcusable drug war tragedy
On the night of May 27, as armed men streamed through his front door, Westcott grabbed his gun. But the 29-year-old […]