Editor's Note: If you're going to legalize marijuana, regulating the marketplace seems to be a good idea to avoid feeding the black market. Not everyone is going to want to grow marijuana on their own, and since those who will grow it can't sell it, it leaves many still facing the underground market for purchasing it … or at best, facing "workarounds," like the "cookie" member-based clubs mentioned in this article. Â
The District of Columbia could soon earn a new nickname: the Wild West of marijuana.
In 10Â days, a voter-approved initiative to legalize marijuana will take effect, D.C. officials say. Residents and visitors old enough to drink a beer will be able to possess enough pot to roll 100 joints. They will be able to carry it, share it, smoke it and grow it.
But it’s entirely unclear how anyone will obtain it. Unlike the four states where voters have approved recreational pot use, the District government has been barred from establishing rules governing how marijuana will be sold.
