Washington, DC Announces 6 Marijuana Cultivation Sites: A nearly 15-year fight in the nation’s capital to allow patients suffering from cancer, HIV/AIDS and other diseases to use marijuana with a doctor’s recommendation has reached a crescendo, with the city naming …

Capital Gets Garden Store For Medical Pot Growers: A company dubbed the “Walmart of Weed” is putting down roots in America’s capital city, sprouting further debate on marijuana — medical or otherwise. Just blocks from the White House and federal …

Medical Marijuana Dispensaries To Open In The Federal Government’s Back Yard: As we have reported before, medical marijuana dispensaries are scheduled to start opening in our nation’s capital this spring. That means that medical cannabis will be sold just a few miles …

Branson, Nadelmann To Speak In DC About Failed War On Drugs: Virgin Group founder Sir Richard Branson will join Drug Policy Alliance Executive Director Ethan Nadelmann to speak about the need for greater momentum and political debate to end the …

D.C. Council approves limits on medical marijuana growth: The D.C. Council approved emergency legislation to restrict how much medical marijuana can be grown in each of the city’s eight wards, buckling to pressure from Northeast residents who fear Ward 5 …

D.C. to tap growers of medical marijuana: The District of Columbia’s health department is expected within the next few days to give its first indication of who qualifies to grow medical marijuana in the nation’s capital, a significant step in …

Montel Williams Among Contenders to Dispense Medical Marijuana in D.C.: The D.C. Department of Health will soon name more than 50 contenders who are approved to apply for a license to grow or sell medical marijuana in Washington. The group …