405 Rhode Island Ave, NE
Thanks to R. for sending news about Maven. (more…)
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821 Upshur Street, NW currently home to Petworth Social Bar & Grill and previously home to Taqueria Del Barrio and Domku
“Dear PoPville,
They were not that great but it’s always sad to lose a business.”
Back in late July we learned that City Grown, a Medical Cannabis Cultivation Center, had applied for a license for this space. A new application for City Grown now says: (more…)
821 Upshur Street, NW currently home to Petworth Social Bar & Grill and previously home to Taqueria Del Barrio and Domku
An application from the ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE AND CANNABIS ADMINISTRATION for City Grown (Medical Cannabis Cultivation Center) says:
“The medical cannabis cultivation center applicant is requesting to locate its operations at 821 Upshur Street, N.W. The proposed facility with approximately 6,508 square feet of space will cultivate medical cannabis, including fresh or dried cannabis flower and other cannabis plant material. (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
On Friday they dropped the attached memo at everyone’s door. To summarize, it states that marijuana will not be allowed at all in any the building even if the user has a medical prescription. I’m wondering if this is happening elsewhere in the city?”
They cite: (more…)
Photo by JosephLeonardo
From ABRA:
“Mayor Muriel Bowser signed into law the Medical Marijuana Patient Access Extension Emergency Amendment Act of 2022 creating DC’s first medical cannabis sales tax holiday, on Friday, February 11, 2022. The holiday will start on Friday, April 15, 2022, and end on Sunday, April 24, 2022.
During the 10-day sales tax holiday, medical cannabis products purchased at any of DC’s seven (7) licensed dispensaries will be exempt from the six percent sales tax. (more…)
From a press release:
“Organizers of the National Cannabis Festival are pleased to announce the return of the largest ticketed cannabis event on the east coast to RFK Festival Grounds in Washington, DC on Saturday, August 28, 2021. The festival’s music lineup includes performances by Method Man & Redman, Young M.A, Backyard Band, Antibalas, The Archives, DJ Farrah Flosscet, and Lee, Blackwood & Graham.
COVID-19 SAFETY (more…)
Thanks to John for passing on from ABRA:
“As announced in mid-April, all District and non-resident patients and caregivers are required to have a valid registration to purchase medical cannabis effective Thursday, July 1, 2021.
A 60-day grace period was announced shortly afterwards to allow patients time to secure new recommendations from their healthcare practitioners and updated government-issued photo IDs (if needed)–delaying the deadline date to Monday, September 1. No additional extensions will be granted. (more…)
Thanks to Kanga for sending: “Thought you’d like to see this- outside the convention center on 9th and L, giving out free joints for people that got vaccinated!”
The DCMJ website says:
“From free joints at dispensaries to free bags of weed outside vaccination centers, across the United States cannabis reform advocates are stepping up to organize their own cannabis giveaways to help end the coronavirus pandemic. (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
I am wondering what people’s favorite “gray area” companies that sell a product and give away bonus gifts of marijuana. Hard to know what’s legit from a google search and Congress hasn’t been working fast enough to unblock sales in the district.”
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Photo from PoPville flickr user cacophony76
Thanks to a reader for sending the news from a group called Law Enforcement Against Prohibition:
U.S. House and Senate negotiators agreed on Tuesday on the final details of the FY 2010 Consolidated Appropriations Act:
* Washington, DC will finally be allowed to implement the medical marijuana initiative that voters overwhelmingly approved in 1998 but has been blocked by Congress each year since then.
* Washington, DC will be able to use federal funds to implement syringe exchange programs.
Here’s how Congressional appropriators themselves describe the news:
Removing Special Restrictions on the District of Columbia:…Also allows the District to implement a referendum on use of marijuana for medical purposes as has been done in other states, allows use of Federal funds for needle exchange programs except in locations considered inappropriate by District authorities…
Has anyone else heard about this?