Another whack at Mayor Bowser’s flaw-riddled Safe Cannabis Sales Act, this time on the provisions limiting homegrow, inspired by this tweet from DC lawyer and activist Paul Zukerberg:

DC’s new Tax & Regulate bill would kill home grow – cut the heart out of Initiative 71 & force everyone to buy mass produced marijuana – no way @DCMJ2014 @aeidinger @maustermuhle @mitchryals @MayorBowser @flugennock @_cingraham #Save71 https://t.co/jCz1qzbcQA

— Paul Zukerberg (@DCBrainLawyer) June 23, 2019

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“Liberty Cap” writes on Twitter on 06.09.19:

Home grow cannabis is the most important economic factor put upon any Government regulating cannabis and the industry to keep em honest and on their toes. Competition promotes excellence and reduces prices, that the American way. Limited access to market is capitalism gone wrong.

— Liberty Cap (@LibertyCap420) June 9, 2019

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Needless to say, we at DCMJ have some issues with the initial draft of DC Mayor Bowser’s reforms to DC cannabis legislation – among them a prohibition on the free distribution of cannabis for advocacy purposes, restrictions on the cannabis “gifting economy” that’s sprung up in DC in lieu of regulated legal sales, and the continued denial of access to the legal cannabis market for small-scale growers in DC.

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A new low was reached this week when, at the direction of the US Secret Service, Potomac Electric Power Company cut off the electricity to the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington DC, in an effort to force out members of Code Pink and other organizations there – at the invitation of the staff – defending the Embassy against a siege by thuggish supporters of the attempted putsch by US-backed fascist failson Juan “Guido” Guaidò.

This is in addition to ongoing attempts to prevent the delivery of food to the Embassy, ironically mirroring the economic warfare being waged against the people of Venezuela by the US Empire.

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