A Full Year After Washington D.C. Legalized Marijuana, Still No Place to Purchase It

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It’s been a full year since Washington D.C. legalized marijuana, ignoring House Republicans that were strongly against it. But congressional conservatives continue to ban pot sales in Washington, D.C.

Despite this, sales of home growing equipment are booming, and bartenders are even receiving marijuana joints as tips in local bars. Alex Jeffrey, executive director of DC NORML,  told Reuters, “It [DC] is kind of the Alice in Wonderland of cannabis legalization. It’s like there’s all these rules and regulations that no one follows.”

After last year’s legalization vote, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and other city leaders limited pot to home cultivation and consumption after Congress, which has oversight over D.C., blocked pot sales through a spending bill rider.

D.C. council member Brianne Nadeau said:  “This limbo that we’re in because of the congressional rider is untenable.”