After recognizing that the rider would remain, lawmakers in D.C. had to find another way to expand and regulate the market.“[Lawmakers] really are welcoming this as kind of the only way to circumvent the rider,” said Meredith Kinner, an attorney who represents members of the cannabis industry in D.C. “It’s basically having a quasi-adult-use market without actually having an adult-use market.”
In late 2021, Mendelson proposed emergency legislation that would have allowed the city to impose harsh civil fines on gifting shops. Then again in April, Mendelson revisited the issue, citing concerns about driving business away from the city’s licensed medical shops, but the councilIn early August, the D.C.
a longer period before enforcement would begin. The legislation also sets aside 50 percent of licenses for social equity applicants, broadly defined as D.C. residents who are low income, have served prison time, or are related to someone who was incarcerated for a cannabis or drug-related offense. “They want to be regulated. They want to be able to breathe,” Mann said of gifting shops. “The most exciting thing is that these young Black entrepreneurs are being recognized for their ingenuity and being brought into the fold.”
As long as people use it responsibly, I guess it's fine.
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🧵1/2 Last week, the D.C. Council passed legislation to overhaul that model by creating a path for gifting shops to apply for medical marijuana licenses, expanding the regulated market.The legislation also sets aside 50 percent of licenses for social equity applicants, broadly
AKA we want to control your businesses