DC would get adult-use marijuana sales, banking in GOP-passed bill

Adult-use marijuana sales could finally begin in Washington, D.C., under a federal budget bill that a Republican-controlled House of Representatives subcommittee approved Wednesday.

The Financial Services and General Government Bill also includes protections for banks that do business with marijuana businesses.

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However, there’s a long road ahead before the bill could become law.

More amendments are possible in committee, a full House floor session and in any counterpart in the Senate.

Recreational marijuana has been legal in the nation’s capital since a 2014 voter initiative, but federal spending bills passed by Congress – the final authority in many municipal matters in the District of Columbia – have prohibited the city from setting up adult-use sales.

That’s thanks to language inserted every year

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