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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You buy an item like a t shirt or art print, and the weed is a “gift.”  It circumvents the law. Rec weed was voted in years ago, but DC has never implemented it. So the workaround is to have shops that gift weed, and no local enforcement. Gotta love living in DC![/quote]

The gift thing isn’t really a work around. It doesn’t make it legal. It’s just a myth and sort of tradition, and I think the city supports it because it keeps the product out of sight. [/quote]

It doesn’t keep the product out of sight, though. People hang around these stores and smoke in the stores and out front. I think the weird work around contributes to a sense of lawlessness, like “we’re getting away with something” that makes it worse.

I’m from Colorado where sales are legal, businesses have to be licensed, and the state collect tax revenue from sales. It’s much better— weed stores are like liquor stores, they are very conservative about enforcement. They check IDs when you enter, they discourage smoking in front of the building, especially in pedestrian heavy areas, etc. It’s truly legalized and treated like alcohol, which means it’s regulated like alcohol too.

DC’s “arrangement” sucks. I’d honestly rather have it be entirely illegal than this, though I support legalization generally.[/quote]

If only we were a state and could make our own laws that couldn't be vetoed by a bunch of congressmen where we don't have a voting representative...[/quote]

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