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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm all for legalizing marijuana, but 20 quasi-legal weed shops in a 13-block stretch is overkill. And I'm not sure what, if anything, can be done about the intersection of 8th and H, because of the two major bus lines that intersect there. It's been an issue for decades, even during times when crime was comparatively low. I though tearing down that janky strip mall and replacing it with mixed-use would change things for the better, but it's only gotten worse.  [/quote]

Very much agree with both of these comments. I'm at the point where I actually regret legalizing marijuana in DC and normally I'm very "live and let live" on that issue. But head shops on H street combined with the near constant smell of marijuana in the corridor have changed my mind. I have lived in other place with legalized weed and it's not like this. I think people like Eleanor Holmes Norton who opposed the legalization have been proven right -- the existing substance abuse and mental health issues in the District have made legal weed a huge problem, and I'd support an initiative to shut it down at this point.

But short of that, addressing the loophole that allows all these businesses to "give away" marijuana to people who buy other items would help. People line up outside these business day and night, congregate and drink and smoke, get in fights, etc. It's a massive problem.

8th and H Street needs a full time police presence and some kind of disruption event. I actually think they should streetscape, but have the construction take forever, and then while that's happening neighborhood groups come and take it over. Those people need to go somewhere else. Shelters, the unemployment office, home -- there is absolutely no reason for 40-50 people (many of whom do not appear to be homeless) to be congregate on those corners daily. Not to transform myself into a stereotype, but: Get a job.[/quote]

The smell of weed is now evident in my kids elem school, so much that the school is now concerned about kids with asthma being impacted.  The school is next to a large public housing site which may be part of the issue but also a lot of weed smoking on the playing fields in the evening.  Its disgusting and even the kids complain.  [/quote]

I feel bad for states just now legalizing pot. They don't know what they're in for. It sucks. [/quote]

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