Terrence White, who runs Monko in Mount Vernon Triangle in D.C. and chairs the I-71 Committee, holds up a T-shirt at his store on Thursday. Normally on 4/20, Charles Newsome would be throwing a party. Lots of pot. Lots of customers, streaming into his marijuana retail storefront like shoppers on Black Friday.
for Newsome it was finally within grasp: a fully legitimate dispensary licensed by the D.C. government — not a licensed clothing store that also gifts people marijuana, as his shop operates now. But, broadly, those in the marijuana gray market have welcomed the new regulations, even the enforcement. White said business at Monko dropped 11 percent, cranking up the competition while Congress still creates barriers for D.C. “Just because you get a license and your social equity, you still have an uphill battle,” he said.
Earlier this month, Green Theory — run by married couple Caroline and Jonathan Crandall, and partner Ian Tsang — said they became the first D.C. gifting shop to complete the transition to legal medical retail sales. But it was not without a fight from parents whose kids attend nearby schools.
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