DC farmers markets could get marijuana sales under new amendment

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The nation’s capital continues to push for marijuana reform, but at the local level

Local marijuana activists in Washington, DC, are making several efforts to propose an amendment to a legalization bill that the District Council will consider tomorrow. The main idea is to give small business owners the opportunity to sell cannabis at farmers markets.

Yesterday the District of Columbia Marijuana Justice (DCMJ) announced that members are spearheading a movement to introduce the amendment at the next hearing. As far as is known, the goal of this filing is to create a new category of licenses in order to support craft growers and entrepreneurs in the cottage industry.

Nikolas Schiller, the author of the amendment and co-author of Initiative 71 (the measure passed in 2014 to legalize marijuana possession in the District), said, “Combining criminal justice reforms and economic innovation, the amendment would guarantee DC implements a profitable, equitable, affordable and transparent system of adult-use cannabis sales, testing, and cultivation.”

The proposed measure would be charged with developing a “cottage industry license” that would “authorize the licensee to cultivate and produce medical and/or recreational marijuana within his or her residence for sale and wholesale delivery directly to manufacturers, testing facilities, retailers, and farmers markets,” the amendment text states.

Licensees would have the opportunity to apply for a license so they can sell cannabis at farmers markets in DC. It has been made clear that microbusiness licensees are also eligible to apply for such an endorsement. This measure certainly goes a long way in supporting those people who are trying to get ahead in the growing marijuana industry,