The legislation would now simply extend the validity of expired medical marijuana cards until 2022, and allow the city to issue cards that are valid for two years instead of one.

“We want people who are buying marijuana to buy it from a licensed retailer where the product has gone through testing,” one lawmaker says.

Lawmakers in D.C., Maryland and Virginia are working on how to ensure that communities impacted by marijuana’s criminalization benefit from its legalization.

The bill would also take steps to reverse the harms of previous cannabis-related law enforcement actions, particularly on low-income communities of color.

“D.C. has spoken when it comes to marijuana policy and its our obligation as the city’s elected leaders to carry out the will of the people.”

They’re “rescheduling” 4/20 to 4/2 and protesting marijuana’s classification as a Schedule 1 controlled substance.

For about 10 minutes, it looked like marijuana advocates got their way.

Most D.C. residents would support lower penalties for the possession of small amounts of marijuana, according to the results of a new poll released today.

A bill introduced today in Maryland would legalize the use and possession of marijuana for anyone over 21 and allow the state to regulate and tax it.

Photo by julianabrint Hard at work this weekend, the Maryland House of Delegates has passed one contentious bill while taking up another this morning for debate. Last night, the House passed a bill by 74-66 allowing illegal immigrants who graduate from a Maryland high school access to in-state college tuition rates. As with any acrimonious debate, the bill has a few stipulations: the student must have attended a Maryland high school for three years,…