Three of the four Advisory Neighborhood Commissions charged with commenting on proposed medical marijuana dispensaries gave their approval to the sites over the last two weeks, moving the city's nascent program away from the pitched battles that took place over where cultivation centers should be located. more ›

Two of the four medical marijuana dispensaries that have been pre-approved by D.C. were given the green light by ANCs this week without much of the usual controversy or fanfare that has come along with the city's nascent medical marijuana program. more ›

It was two years ago today that the D.C. Council gave approval to a medical marijuana program that had been approved by D.C. voters 12 years prior. Advocates complain that marijuana is still months away from the patients that need it most. more ›

With six medical marijuana cultivation center licenses having been granted in late March, this week a six-person city panel gave initial approval to four potential dispensaries. more ›

California-based hydroponics store weGrow opens its first east coast location in D.C. today, but residents shouldn't expect the "Walmart of Weed" that the store has billed itself as in the past. more ›

With just over a week before the D.C. Department of Health is scheduled to grant licenses for medical marijuana cultivation centers, the D.C. Council today passed legislation forcing a cultivator to move out of a location along Benning Road NE in Ward 7. more ›

Fourteen years ago, 69 percent of the District's voters approved an initiative legalizing medical marijuana. Today, medical marijuana is no closer for the patients who may need it because of ongoing opposition in the neighborhoods where it would be grown. more ›

In April 2011, Antonio Davis was arrested during a protest on Capitol Hill. Almost a year later, he faces trial because the doctor-recommended marijuana he uses to mitigate the pain from AIDS registered on a court-mandated drug test. more ›

A Ward 5 ANC wasn't particularly impressed with four applicants for medical marijuana cultivation center licenses yesterday, and even Montel Williams' emotional pleas seemed to change their minds. more ›

After last week's D.C. Council vote on limits to the number of medical marijuana cultivation centers in any one ward, hopeful applicants have been left in the dark as to how the Department of Health will proceed with locating both cultivation centers and dispensaries. more ›

One Virginia legislator wants to know just how much the commonwealth could take in if it sold marijuana at liquor stores. Our guess? A lot. more ›

The D.C. Council voted today to limit the number of medical marijuana cultivation centers in Ward 5 to six, possibly throwing another wrench in the works of a program that has already been slow to get off the ground. more ›

Councilmember Vincent Orange (D-At Large) has introduced legislation to limit the number of medical marijuana cultivation centers and dispensaries that can locate in any one ward. more ›

Seven applications for licenses to run medical marijuana cultivation centers have been given initial approval by the District and have been sent to ANCs for their input. more ›

Montgomery Blair Sibley has represented the D.C. Madam and attempted to open a medical marijuana cultivation center in the District. Now the quixotic former lawyer is setting his sights on the White House. more ›

Former talk show host Montel Williams is one of medical marijuana's biggest proponents (he's also a patient), but his dreams to open a Columbia Road NW dispensary seem to have been dashed by a nervous landlord. more ›

The District's medical marijuana program is set for another delay. more ›

While the majority of the District's likely medical marijuana cultivation centers are clustered in Ward 5, the 17 applicants for licenses to run the five dispensaries that will provide marijuana to qualifying patients are spread all over town -- so much so that only Ward 7 missed out on a location. more ›

Montel Williams has been many things in his career, and medical marijuana patient, advocate and entrepreneur is one. Having been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis 13 years ago, Williams has used and fought for medical marijuana in eight of the 16 states that currently allow it. more ›

17 hopeful medical marijuana dispensers submitted applications for licenses to the D.C. Department of Health this week. more ›

Barracks Row is known for its transformation into a vibrant commercial corridor on Capitol Hill, featuring businesses, bars and restaurants. It may soon have a medical marijuana dispensary, too. more ›

Councilmember Harry Thomas, Jr. (D-Ward 5) will reportedly introduce emergency legislation limiting the number of cultivation centers that can end up in his ward. more ›

Medical marijuana entrepreneurs certainly won't have it easy in the District, and there's one more challenge they'll have to contend with: banking. more ›

As the city awards licenses for the cultivation centers and dispensaries that will form the backbone of the District's medical marijuana program, it'll have to contend with residents that are unhappy with where they end up. more ›

Not content to simply read DCist associate editor Martin Austermuhle's thoughts about the District's slow-moving medical marijuana program? Today's your lucky day. more ›

The District's medical marijuana program is proceeding as quickly as, well, someone with a mighty buzz behind the wheel of a car. more ›

Local politicians and activists have long complained that Ward 5 had become a dumping ground for the District's strip clubs. It now seems that a small segment of the Northeastern ward could also house a majority of the 10 cultivation centers that will serve as an integral part of the city's nascent medical marijuana program. more ›

The Washington Times' Tom Howell reports that hopefuls for licenses to run the five medical marijuana dispensaries in the District will have until October 31 to get their applications in. more ›

It's particularly bad for California, but news that the federal government is moving in to shut down medical marijuana dispensaries in the Golden State could well have an impact in the District of Columbia. more ›

At some point in 2012, 10 cultivation centers will start growing marijuana as part of the District's long-awaited medical marijuana program. As we've written before, what with application fees and security plans, it won't be a particularly cheap undertaking. Now would-be cultivators may have one more thing to worry about -- their electric bills. more ›