50 of the U.S’s leading marijuana advocacy and civil rights organizations sent a letter to congressional leaders on Friday. They are asking for recreational cannabis sales to begin in Washington, D.C., eight years after voters approved a local legalization ballot measure.
The group is led by the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA)—say they want to “maintain” the removal of the D.C. language in a spending bill approved by the House last year and circulated in draft form in the Senate. The District is currently prohibited from using its local tax dollars to implement a system of regulated marijuana sales due to the appropriations rider that’s been annually approved since 2014.
“It is imperative to both public health, public safety, and for Congress’ support of the District’s right to home rule that the removal of the Harris rider is maintained,” the letter says, referring to the anti-legalization sponsor of the rider Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD).
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