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  • D.C. Man Demands Police Return His Confiscated Marijuana…and They Did!

    D.C. Man Demands Police Return His Confiscated Marijuana…and They Did!

    D.C. police frequently confiscate drugs during searches and arrests, but now D.C. residents can legally ask for them back — and one recently did. According to D.C. Council member Yvette Alexander (D-Ward 7), a resident walked into the Sixth District police station in Ward 7 on Monday and asked an officer on duty to return his marijuana to him, which had been confiscated during a prior arrest. “He walked in to recover his property from a recent arrest,” said Alexander, [...]

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  • The Legalization of Marijuana in California?

    The Legalization of Marijuana in California?

    SAN FRANCISCO — In the election a few weeks ago, two more states and Washington, D.C. voted to legalize marijuana. The question is: why hasn’t California? One might think that California would be the first to legalize recreational marijuana, but no. In what some people are calling the “marijuana midterm” election, Alaska, Oregon and Washington, D.C. joined Colorado and Washington State in legalizing recreational marijuana — that’s different from medical marijuana which is legal in California and in a number [...]

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  • D.C. Voters to Decide on Marijuana Use in November

    D.C. Voters to Decide on Marijuana Use in November

    D.C. residents will vote in November on whether to legalize marijuana use in the nation’s capital after elections officials decided Wednesday to place the question on the ballot. The three-member D.C. Board of Elections voted unanimously Wednesday morning to approve the ballot initiative, certifying that activists gathered the tens of thousands of voter signatures necessary to qualify for the Nov. 4 general election ballot. Several of those activists attended Wednesday’s meeting and cheered the vote, which moves the District closer to [...]

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