The District of Columbia passed its first milestone in selecting who gets the much-coveted licenses for the city's medical marijuana program, even as the federal government is taking a second look at its hands-off approach to those who legally grow and sell cannabis under laws allowing its medicinal use.
More than 80 individuals or businesses applied to cultivate or sell medical marijuana through letters of intent submitted to the Department of Health, reports Tom Howell Jr. at The Washington Times. The applicants range from entrepreneurial lawyers and gardeners in D.C., to medical marijuana professionals based in states like Colorado and Montana.
The city is expected to soon kick off its long-awaited program -- put on hold by Congress 11 years ago -- in earnest, joining 16 states in legalizing the medicinal use of marijuana for qualified patients.
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