CANNABIS CULTURE - Earlier this year we noted here that the Republican-controlled House of Representatives had enacted two pro-medical marijuana amendments.
In states where marijuana is now legal, many people still have small-scale possession convictions on their records. Advocates for "expungement" face uphill battles, from Washington state to Washington, DC
CANNABIS CULTURE - Despite the language Republicans managed to include in the "cromnibus" federal spending bill interfering with the District of Columbia's right to set its own marijuana policies, several leading Democrats say that the Initiative 71 marijuana possession and cultivation legalization initiative is still alive.
One doctor has set up shop on Federal Street to certify patients for medical marijuana just as the state has provisionally approved a dispensary downtown.