Washington, D.C. companies with a historical past of “gifting” hashish shall be allowed to acquire a medical hashish license underneath a regulation that took impact within the District late final month, WTOP Information stories. There are presently over 100 outlets in D.C. that promote objects at inflated costs and embody hashish equal to the acquisition worth, the report says.
The regulation additionally expands the forms of licenses that retailers could apply for, together with web retailer and a courier license for hashish deliveries, in addition to “safe-use facility endorsement” to permit occasions, comparable to tasting or sampling occasions, cannabis-based cooking courses, and summer time backyard occasions that permit gross sales in non-public outside areas.
The regulation units apart no less than 50% of the brand new hashish licenses for social fairness candidates. Retailers have 90 days to use for a license and civil enforcement of the brand new licensing program received’t start for 315 days, the report says.
In August, town council accepted a regulation to permit DC residents 21-and-older to self-certify for medical hashish, offering them quick entry to medical hashish. Grownup-use hashish is authorized in D.C.; nonetheless, adult-use gross sales have been blocked by a rider within the congressional price range prohibiting native officers from spending funds on organising the business. D.C.’s price range is ready forth by Congress.
The invoice additionally modified the title of the Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration to the Alcoholic Beverage and Hashish Administration (ABCA).
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