In a draft congressional spending bill released Wednesday, the House Committee on Appropriations is again blocking the District of Columbia from regulating marijuana sales in the city.
The legislation maintains provisions from last year that forbid D.C. from using any federal or local funds to further its marijuana legalization efforts.
In February, the city legalized the possession of up to two ounces of marijuana and gave residents over the age of 21 the ability to grow as many as six plants, though only three can be mature at any one time.
It is legal to give one ounce or less of marijuana to another person, so long as there is no exchange of money or any kind of trade. But since Congress forbade the city from setting up regulatory framework, sale of marijuana is still illegal.
Republicans in Congress have been duking it out with the city ever since the legalization took effect, promising to find ways to defund other city programs.
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Need to give it up and have marijuana farms all over the shore. Growing and processing, now there are some real jobs and the tax base for Maryland would be terrific.
ReplyDeletePurdue Weed Farms.
ReplyDeleteRetrofit all the chicken houses.
Then Ole Ray Wallace will be happy.
I wish Andy Harris would spend less time fighting what the voters want in DC and get us jobs in MD.
ReplyDeleteYes.. Andy give it up! I support you, but not on this issue. Why don't you sponser the bill the legalize it on the federal level or does BIG PHARMA own you ? TAX it
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