Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
Editorials & Other Articles
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
Washington goes to pot? U.S. capital may vote on legal marijuana
Source: Reuters
Washington goes to pot? U.S. capital may vote on legal marijuana
BY MORIAH COSTA
WASHINGTON Mon Jul 7, 2014 2:16pm EDT
(Reuters) - Supporters of legal marijuana in Washington on Monday delivered more than double the signatures needed to put the issue on a ballot, an initiative that could face congressional opposition.
Adam Eidinger, chairman of the DC Cannabis Campaign, said the group had collected about 57,000 signatures to put the measure on a Nov. 4 ballot in the U.S. capital, well over the 22,373 required by law.
"This would not open up stores. This would not lead to D.C. becoming a tourist haven," he told reporters at the District of Columbia Board of Elections.
[font size=1]-snip-[/font]
The measure would allow people 21 and older to possess up to 2 ounces (56 grams) of marijuana for personal use. They also could grow up to six plants at home, three of them mature and flowering.
[font size=1]-snip-[/font]
BY MORIAH COSTA
WASHINGTON Mon Jul 7, 2014 2:16pm EDT
(Reuters) - Supporters of legal marijuana in Washington on Monday delivered more than double the signatures needed to put the issue on a ballot, an initiative that could face congressional opposition.
Adam Eidinger, chairman of the DC Cannabis Campaign, said the group had collected about 57,000 signatures to put the measure on a Nov. 4 ballot in the U.S. capital, well over the 22,373 required by law.
"This would not open up stores. This would not lead to D.C. becoming a tourist haven," he told reporters at the District of Columbia Board of Elections.
[font size=1]-snip-[/font]
The measure would allow people 21 and older to possess up to 2 ounces (56 grams) of marijuana for personal use. They also could grow up to six plants at home, three of them mature and flowering.
[font size=1]-snip-[/font]
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/07/us-usa-marijuana-districtofcolumbia-idUSKBN0FC1R720140707
7 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
= new reply since forum marked as read
Interesting dilemma given that they won't reschedule it...
will come into your home to see if your plants are flowering?
What complete and utter nonsense. 
Talk about the "small government" party ----they're in women's uteri, they're in your home to see if your mj is flowering, they're shoving their fundamentalist BS religion down our throats, but if you're spreading industrial/agricultural toxic poisons, that's OK and "job-killing regulations" is their lament. 