Tag: Washington DC

(114 posts)
October 23, 2013
10/23/2013
DC MMJ Oversight Hearing Highlights Problems Facing Patients

DC MMJ Oversight Hearing Highlights Problems Facing Patients

For the first time since creating the District Medical Marijuana Program more than three years ago, the D.C. Council Committee on Health convened an oversight hearing on...
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October 17, 2013
10/17/2013
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.10.16)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.10.16)

A hard-partying Colorado cop calls it a career, a DC cop launders a bit of drug money, a North Carolina narc gets caught with her fingers in the...
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September 18, 2013
09/18/2013
Bill To Legalize Marijuana Introduced In DC

Bill To Legalize Marijuana Introduced In DC

A bill that would legalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana for adults over 21 and set up a system of regulated marijuana commerce was introduced in...
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August 29, 2013
08/29/2013
Medical Marijuana Update (2013.08.28)

Medical Marijuana Update (2013.08.28)

Dispensaries are on the march in various states, even as in some places, localities fight rear-guard efforts. And there’s more medical marijuana news, too. Let’s get to...
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August 8, 2013
08/08/2013
Will Washington Post Sale Help End Marijuana Prohibition?

Will Washington Post Sale Help End Marijuana Prohibition?

I jumped into a cab Monday afternoon at the airport at the top of the hour, when the all-news radio station led with an almost hysterical-in-tone news...
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August 1, 2013
08/01/2013
Medical Marijuana Update (2013.07.31)

Medical Marijuana Update (2013.07.31)

A dispensary is now open for business in the nation’s capital; several dozen are coming to Arizona; dispensary and cultivation battles continue in California; Massachusetts advocates prepare...
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August 1, 2013
08/01/2013
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.07.30)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.07.30)

Deputies packing dope, jail guards smuggling dope, cops doing a little money laundering, and cops getting information for their dope dealer buddies. Just another week in the...
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July 31, 2013
07/31/2013
Washington DC Finally Selling Medical Marijuana

Washington DC Finally Selling Medical Marijuana

DC has seen its first legal marijuana sale under the city’s medical marijuana law, enacted in 1998 by voters but blocked by Congress for most of that...
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July 25, 2013
07/25/2013
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.07.23)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.07.23)

Four of the seven law enforcement personnel making our hall of shame this week were women. You’ve come a long way, ladies! Let’s get to it: In...
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July 11, 2013
07/11/2013
Marijuana Decriminalization Bill Filed in DC

Marijuana Decriminalization Bill Filed in DC

District of Columbia Councilmember Tommy Wells (D-Ward 6) filed a marijuana decriminalization bill for the nation’s capital Wednesday. Wells is chairman of the council’s Committee on the...
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July 3, 2013
07/03/2013
Nation’s Capital to Fly Hemp Flag on Independence Day

Nation’s Capital to Fly Hemp Flag on Independence Day

Thanks to Colorado Rep. Jared Polis, a hemp flag will be raised on the Nation’s Capital this Independence Day, potentially for the first time since prohibition began.
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June 20, 2013
06/20/2013
Medical Marijuana Update (2013.06.19)

Medical Marijuana Update (2013.06.19)

Well, at least the DEA didn’t raid any dispensaries in the last week. In California, the battle continues at the local level, while progress is being made...
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June 19, 2013
06/19/2013
Pro-Legalization Senator Daylin Leach Takes Advocacy to DC

Pro-Legalization Senator Daylin Leach Takes Advocacy to DC

Pennsylvania State Senator Daylin Leach has been an outspoken advocate on the issue of marijuana law reform during his tenure in Harrisburg. Senator Leach made a splash legislatively this...
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June 18, 2013
06/18/2013
Marijuana Advocate Rolling His Way to the White House

Marijuana Advocate Rolling His Way to the White House

Curtis Kyle, a Michigan resident with cerebral palsy who has used a wheelchair his whole life, is “rolling to the White House” to talk to politicians about...
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June 14, 2013
06/14/2013
DC Residents Can Finally Apply for Medical Marijuana Cards

DC Residents Can Finally Apply for Medical Marijuana Cards

The Department of Health in Washington, DC is finally accepting applications for medical marijuana cards, and the first dispensary could be open in just a few short...
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June 13, 2013
06/13/2013
Great TV While High: House of Cards

Great TV While High: House of Cards

The Netflix binger/pot head demographic is growing in rapid numbers and no one is prouder than this blogger. All my devices rock Netflix and I rock Netflix...
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June 7, 2013
06/07/2013
Medical Marijuana Update (2013.06.05)

Medical Marijuana Update (2013.06.05)

The medical marijuana scene is hectic! Bill passing, raids happening, local officials pondering, and California dispensaries dwindling. Let’s get to it: California On May 21, the Lakeport city...
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June 7, 2013
06/07/2013
D.C. Medical Marijuana Recommendations Finally Available, Even if Pot Isn’t

D.C. Medical Marijuana Recommendations Finally Available, Even if Pot Isn’t

The Institute of Multidimensional Medicine (TIMM), a holistic medical practice in D.C. that sits right along M Street NW in the West End. There’s an infrared sauna, a...
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June 6, 2013
06/06/2013
Democrats Call on IRS to Ease Up on Marijuana Businesses

Democrats Call on IRS to Ease Up on Marijuana Businesses

Led by Rep. Earl Blumenauer, a group of five democratic Representatives stood in front of the capital with representatives of the cannabis industry to call for new...
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June 4, 2013
06/04/2013
DC Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Will Open… Someday

DC Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Will Open… Someday

Medical marijuana dispensaries in Washington, DC have been ready to open for a month, but are still being delayed by the District Department of Health. The department has...
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