The DC Cannabis Campaign expects Initiative 71 to clear a mandatory congressional review period and take effect later this month. The ballot initiative, which legalizes the non-commercial cultivation and distribution of marijuana to adults, was enacted with over 70% of the popular vote on November 4, 2014. According to the current legislative calendar, the new law’s provisions will take effect after the congressional review period ends on February 26, 2015.
“They can’t stop us now,” said DC Cannabis Campaign chair Adam Eidinger, who formally proposed Initiative 71. “The painkiller pushers and prison racketeers can buy all the politicians they want, but the real leaders of the District of Columbia have already made their decision to end marijuana prohibition.”
