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The D.C. Council unanimously passed emergency legislation granting the Alcohol Beverage and Cannabis Administration (ABCA) the ability to penalize unlicensed cannabis gifting stores that have not yet completed an application for the city’s medical cannabis program.

DC Council Passes Emergency Legislation Regulating Unlicensed Cannabis Gifting Shops

By Anna Lim January 19, 2024

On Jan. 9, the Washington, D.C. Council unanimously passed emergency legislation granting the Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Administration (ABCA) the ability to penalize unlicensed cannabis gifting...

DAVIDGROSSO.ORG | D.C. Councilmember David Grosso introduced emergency legislation allowing DCPS students to take medical marijuana in non-smokable forms on campus.

DC Council Authorizes Medical Marijuana Administration in Public Schools

By Hansen Lian September 27, 2019

The Council of the District of Columbia passed emergency legislation allowing public school students with medical marijuana licenses to be treated with the substance on campus grounds Sept. 17. Twelve...

PIXABAY Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) proposed emergency legislation to prohibit chemical compounds found in synthetic drugs after a recent upsurge in overdoses of K2, a strain of synthetic marijuana, in Washington, D.C.

Spike in Synthetic Marijuana Overdoses Prompts Emergency Legislation

By Elizabeth Douglas October 2, 2018

Following a dramatic uptick in reported overdoses of K2, a strain of synthetic marijuana, since mid-July, Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) introduced emergency legislation to widen the scope of what constitutes...

SHEEL PATEL/THE HOYA Under a D.C. policy change, arrests made in relation to public marijuana consumption will result in field citations rather than custodial arrests.

Bowser Reduces Custodial Arrests for Public Consumption of Marijuana

By Josh Metzger September 28, 2018

Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) and Metropolitan Police Department Chief Peter Newsham announced a new policy aimed at reducing the number of Washington, D.C. residents taken into custody for public consumption...

EDITORIAL: Adjust Marijuana Punishments

By Editorial Board April 20, 2018

Georgetown University’s sanctioning guidelines provide harsher punishments for marijuana usage than the use of alcohol. The university should remedy this unnecessary discrepancy by revising marijuana-related...

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Drug Issue 2018

By Guide Editor February 23, 2018

Despite Pushback, Student Drug Use Continues Chronicling the Grass-Roots Fight for Legal Pot in DC Pressure to Succeed Leads Students to Drug Abuse US Opioid Epidemic Breaks Bodies and Minds Debunking...

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Chronicling the Grass-Roots Fight for Legal Pot in DC

By Meghan DeCourcey February 23, 2018

The 21st century has been marked by calls across the United States for the legalization of marijuana, with lobbyists and college students coming together in advocacy and protest. Under federal law,...

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Drugs 101

By Ethan Knecht February 23, 2018

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Duke Dunn, a veteran, photographer and activist, protested against the Federal Governments criminalization of marijuana.

Protesters for Marijuana Legalization Arrested

By Lily Steinberg April 26, 2017

Four of about 20 marijuana legalization demonstrators were arrested outside of the U.S. Capitol Building on Monday while protesting for Congress to legalize cannabis across the country and remove the...

Viewpoint: District’s Need for Statehood

By Maddy Taub September 30, 2016

Why should Georgetown students care that Washington, D.C. citizens do not have full representation in Congress? Consider this: Of all the capitals in our world’s democracies, only Washington, D.C....

Cannabis Club Ban Approved

By Lisa Burgoa April 15, 2016

The D.C. Council narrowly passed the first reading of a permanent ban on private pot clubs April 5 by a seven-to-six margin, leaving the marijuana lobby seething as the bill inches closer to becoming law. Though...

Pro-Cannabis Legalization Groups Protest Outside White House

By Jack Bennett April 5, 2016

This weekend, the District’s marijuana advocates gathered at the White House in protest while smoking marijuana on federal property. Protest organizers boasted that Saturday’s public mass-smoking...

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