The nation’s capital may have legal marijuana sales to look forward to.
Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced this week that she is going to send legislation to the District of Columbia Council for consideration.
The Mayor and many council members have been advocating for legal marijuana sales to be added to the city’s marijuana law.
According to Muriel, the federal spending rider is a “shameful abuse of congressional power that has left us with a significant public safety problem.”
Muriel tweeted, “Individuals and families have suffered and continue to suffer because of the criminalization of marijuana. Legalizing recreational marijuana sales is a matter of equity and opportunity. It’s about helping individuals like Cameron get a #FairShot.#SafeCannabisDC”
The Mayor’s proposal would allow adults over age 21 to daily purchase up to one ounce of usable cannabis flower, five grams of concentrates, 16 ounces of edibles, or 72 ounces of liquid cannabinoid products per day.
Delivery services and on-site consumption at dispensaries would also be allowed.
Also as part of the bill, a tax of 17 percent would be applied at the point of sale, with revenues going toward housing and health programs.
The bill would create licenses for cultivation, manufacturing, distribution, retail and testing businesses, and the city’s existing medical cannabis providers would get a six-month head start on the adult-use market before other facilities could be licensed.
