Marijuana Arrests

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.

D.C. police say they will take fewer people into custody when they are caught using marijuana in public, and instead cite them the way they would someone caught for a moving violation. The new policy was announced late Friday by Mayor…

Arrests in the District for public use of marijuana will result in those who qualify receiving a citation, rather than being taken into custody, the city’s mayor and police chief announced Friday. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) and Police Chief…