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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is very interesting. I am already tempted to support any initiative to rescind the current law however, before moving to what you say. You make a strong argument, but I feel I have already  been tricked once. Police need to strongly enforce what we currently have before we move to anything new. The city should also publicize where you can /cannot smoke weed. There is clearly so much confusion. If they cannot get a bead on the current situation, I dread anything new being introduced. That " reeks", pun intended.[/quote]

thanks! It just seems that DC got the short end of the stick, they could have a bustling market with millions in tax revenue and better enforcement (clearer guidelines/regulations on how the market works) and instead are living in limbo and no one is happy. Right now it is a free for all, there is no regulation for example consumers are buying from vendors, who are often selling rejected product from states that have a regulated recreational market. These pop-ups that happen everyday of the week in the city is what I suspect is the cause when folks are getting strong weed smells in the city. Vendors fill private homes/ empty retail, and sell large amount of product, lots of folks coming and going from DC, VA, & MD. Every party I have attended, you could smell down the block. This is where most of the enforcement is atm, finding and stopping the pop-up events, busting vendors, not consumers. I have seen many vendors come and go over the last several months, many pop-up parties have had to change locations, with heavy enforcement beginning over the summer, so I can tell you that the police in the district are busy. If there was a legal market, these vendors would have to apply to set-up shop, and only do so in appropriately zoned places, have occupancy and other life saving regulations to be met... I could go on and on, but honestly, just the money for the city that is being missed out on alone would make a fully realized market worth it![/quote]

Have you watched the Netflix documentary "Murder Mountain" about Humboldt, California after legalization?[/quote]

I actually just finished watching it yesterday, really fascinating to watch! I don't see exactly how the situation in Humboldt correlates with DC, as they had a very large existing black market that they had not been able to control/ let them self-police for some time. I think Legalization is still the way through the mess, and the series mentioned above did not change my mind in that regard. [/quote]

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