The mayor of Washington, D.C. has signed a bill that will allow medical marijuana patients to submit products directly to labs for testing—and also let regulators issue temporary cannabis patient registrations to non-residents that last for up to a year.
Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) approved the legislation from D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (D) and Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie (D) on Wednesday. It will additionally expand who can qualify as social equity cannabis license applicants.
The non-resident temporary registration provisions will build on the District’s evolving medical marijuana program, which has been repeatedly amended as lawmakers continue to face a congressional blockade that prevents them from enacting a regulated adult-use cannabis market even though voters approved broad legalization in 2014.
Last year, a law took effect allowing residents to self-certify as medical marijuana patients, leading to a surge in registrations. That was followed up with a non-resident self-certification reform.
Non-residents will be able to apply for a registration that would be effective for up to one year, the new bill says. The prior policy on the non-resident self-certification only allowed for 30-day registrations.
The measure’s cannabis testing components are also novel. While state cannabis laws generally mandate that marijuana products are tested for
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