Medical Marijuana Legal In DC
Sunday, the US Senate passed a bill that decriminalizes marijuana for medical use, says the Washington Post:
More than a decade ago, D.C. voters overwhelmingly approved a ballot measure that would allow for the possession, use, cultivation and distribution of marijuana if recommended by a physician for serious illnesses.
Initiative 59 passed with 69 percent of the vote in 1998, but before it take effect, Congress passed legislation banning the practice in the District.
Politico quotes some of the language used in the bill. And some council members say that the resolution might not do anything:
While the text of the D.C. referendum allows for “all seriously ill individuals… to obtain and use marijuana for medical purposes when a licensed physician has found the use of marijuana to be medically necessary,” the measure’s advocates still face hurdles in making legalized medical marijuana a reality, including a cautious City Council and the possibility of further interference from Congress, which could have 30 days to review the 1998 vote before it becomes law.
“It’s too early to say what will happen,” said a spokesman for Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray in an interview with The Washington Times Thursday, anticipating the lift on the funding ban.
“It’s been 11 years since anyone has looked at this,” Council Member Phil Mendelson told the Times. “I don’t know what the next steps should be.”
D.C. voters approved a law allowing medical marijuana in 1998. But before it went into effect, Congress blocked the city from setting its own drug policies. The needle-exchange ban had been removed last year but Republicans sought to re-attach it to the bill.
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