Marijuana

MAYOR MURIEL E. BOWSER’S proposal to legalize and regulate the sale of marijuana might well lead to a confrontation with Congress. So be it. The current law that allows D.C. residents to grow and possess, but not to purchase, small amounts…

It’s been over four years since D.C. residents approved Initiative 71, which allows adults to both possess marijuana and privately use it for recreational purposes.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser pitched legislation Thursday to allow for the sale of recreational marijuana in the city.

Mayor Muriel Bowser is introducing her plan to make it possible for recreational marijuana dispensaries to open in the District.

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) announced legislation Thursday to legalize and regulate recreational marijuana dispensaries in the nation’s capital, setting up a potential showdown with the federal government.

When he smokes marijuana, a pastime he has indulged in “every day, all day” for four decades, Tyrone Gathers says he makes sure to leave his apartment and the grounds of his public housing complex in the District.

The District as the new Amsterdam? Maybe.

Marijuana legislation proposed Thursday on Capitol Hill would circumvent federal prohibition if passed to provide protections for residents of government assisted housing.

Although D.C. legalized the production and sale of marijuana for medical purposes just over 20 years ago, activists familiar with the city’s implementation of the program say it has become known for its long delays in approving patients…

A new survey shows that an ounce of weed in D.C. costs nearly twice the national average.

Some D.C. residents haven’t been able to take advantage of the legalization of recreational marijuana. The District law is modeled around “home grow, home use,” and it remains illegal to use marijuana in public or in establishments like…

Could the absence of a recreational marijuana dispensary network be keeping DC housing prices in check?

A budget request released by the White House on Monday proposes scaling back restrictive language that has prevented the city of Washington, D.C. from spending its own money to legalize and regulate the sale of recreational marijuana.

Attorney general nominee William P. Barr said Tuesday that if confirmed, he would not interfere with the District’s decriminalization of marijuana, giving a boost to advocates who want to fully legalize pot in the nation’s capital.