D.C. Gets Medical Marijuana

The U.S. Senate passed a bill Sunday that clears the way for the District government to allow medical marijuana use.

“This is the biggest win for home rule in decades,” said Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.).
President Obama is expected to sign the bill into law this week.

The District would join Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington in allowing medical marijuana.

D.C. Council member David A. Catania (I-At Large), chairman of the Health Committee, supports medical marijuana but said city leaders will proceed with caution.
Aaron Houston, director of government relations for the Marijuana Policy Project, said he thinks medical marijuana could be available in the District by the end of 2010.

How’s this for an early Christmas present? I didn’t see this coming.

Amazing!

I wonder if I’ll be able to open up a marijuana shop next year.