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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Can we repeal the MJ law?[/b] I am assuming that what can be passed by referendum can also be repealed?
The law has not been respected or enforced as written, so IMO its invalid.[/quote]

Get real. Legal Cannabis is not a threat to law and order. Illegal black markets are. DC has an unregulated market because of anti-cannabis crusaders just like yourself. Andy Harris of MD blocked the effective implementation of DC cannabis law. Cannabis laws have not lead to more violent crime in CO which was the first state to legalize. You are just biased due to your own personal prejudices. Effective crime reduction results from fact based decisions and not your gut feelings about cannabis.[/quote]

The hell it is not.  You CONSTANTLY smell weed now while driving in the road because so, sooooooo many people are driving while toking.   People who drive while high are dangers to everyone around them as well as pedestrians.  There are numerous cases where people have been killed because someone was driving while high.  [/quote]

A smell is not data. Do you have any evidence or data of accidents or other deaths caused by legal MJ in the DMV?
The PP is spot on in that the Harris rider is causing many of the issues foreseen by the Council. 
"The congressional rider harms public safety in the District. I cannot be emphatic enough about this. Our inability to regulate the sale and distribution of cannabis in the District encourages the existence and expansion of illegal, so-called pop-ups where marijuana is sold illegally. These operations are not only unlawful, but they, in turn, attract violent crime, such as robberies. Robberies of the sellers. Robberies of the customers. Because the operations are illegal. And then, when the police arrest operators of the illegal pop-ups, the United States Attorney refuses to prosecute! This is like the wild west, and the Congressional rider is the reason for it," echoed D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson in a statement."
https://www.npr.org/local/305/2022/03/10/1085701595/congress-maintains-ban-on-d-c-legalizing-sales-of-recreational-marijuana

This is from March 2022. The council is aware of the issues but there's not much they can do until federal government stops meddling

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