District of Columbia

On Tuesday, D.C. voters are expected to vote for legal weed in the city. How many ways can Congress interfere? On Tuesday, voters in the nation's capital will consider a ballot measure that would legalize the recreational use of marijuana…

Campaigners expressed confidence Friday that residents of the US capital will embrace an initiative to legalize the personal possession and home cultivation of marijuana when it is put to a vote next week. If adopted on Tuesday, Initiative 71 would…

From the outside, the marijuana legalization campaign in Washington, DC, certainly doesn't look like an effort destined for victory. Instead of full-time staff, Yes on 71 has basically one person doing a bulk of the work. Lacking a big tour…

The nation's capital is all but guaranteed to be next in line for legal marijuana thanks to an unprecedented show of support. A new poll from NBC4/Washington Post/Marist shows that most registered voters in Washington, D.C., seem ready and willing to approve…

Voters in our nation's capital will be the next to decide on marijuana legalization. Wednesday morning, the District of Columbia Board of Elections unanimously voted to put Initiative 71, a measure that would legalize adult possession and use of up…

As pro-marijuana advocates had hoped, the D.C. Board of Elections voted unanimously Wednesday to put legalization on the November ballot. The DC Cannabis Campaign is now rallying residents to vote “Yes on 71,” the initiative that would allow adults over…

The House voted Wednesday to pass legislation that includes a proposal by Rep. Andy Harris, R-1st-Md., to block marijuana decriminalization in Washington. House Democrats who opposed the Maryland Republican's measure made no attempt to block it with an amendment Wednesday,…

WASHINGTON (AP) - At least for the time being, it's no longer a criminal offense to carry a joint in your pocket in most of the nation's capital. The District of Columbia's law decriminalizing possession of small amounts of marijuana…