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Newshawk: Kirk
Pubdate: Wed, 21 Mar 2012
Source: Contra Costa Times (CA)
Copyright: 2012 Bay Area News Group
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Website: http://www.contracostatimes.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/96
Author: Jessica Philipps, California News Service
MARIJUANA BATTLE IS COMING TO WASHINGTON, D.C. AREA
WASHINGTON D.C. - Even as federal prosecutors threaten to crack down
on California's medicinal marijuana sites, Washington, D.C., is
preparing to open a number of dispensaries in the Justice Department's
own backyard.
Starting this summer, D.C. residents will be able to buy legal
cannabis at local dispensaries just miles from the White House, the
FBI and the Drug Enforcement Administration. Cultivation centers have
already begun to lease storefronts throughout Washington and the city
will decide who will be able to open shops by the end of March.
Washington's laws will not be as lax as California's. In order to
purchase pot, patients must be diagnosed with HIV, cancer, glaucoma,
or other serious terminal or chronic illnesses, and will be authorized
to carry a maximum of two ounces.
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MAP posted-by: Richard R Smith Jr.
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