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WASHINGTON - Democratic Mayor Muriel Bowser will announce legislation Thursday to legalize and regulate recreational marijuana dispensaries in the nation's capital, setting up a potential showdown with the federal government.
Washington D.C.'s marijuana laws are in limbo. Residents can legally grow and possess small amounts of the drug under a 2014 voter-approved law. But they cannot legally purchase marijuana, and the city cannot tax sales, because of a provision in the federal budget that prohibits the District of Columbia from enacting or enforcing marijuana legalization laws.
