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LJ Dawson
Verified
Editor in Chief, Freelance
Washington
Beats
Cannabis drugs justice
Economy, Fashion and Sports
Content
By LJ Dawson Verified| Outlaw Report@ Washington, D.C. is still in the middle of unfolding its medical cannabis expansion. The delicate dance around federal oversight began in 2023 and will continue through 2025. All application periods closed in 2024, but The Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Administration (ABCA) is still processing hundreds of applications – most of them are for retail dispensaries.
By LJ Dawson Verified| Outlaw Report@ A second civil complaint against unlicensed cannabis stores and landlords was filed in federal civil court last Friday by the Alliance of Legal Cannabis Entities-DC alleging damages to their legal business from the illicit shops. The first was filed last week. “ALCE” is formed by the legal medical dispensaries Cannabliss, Holistic Wellness Group LLC, and Herbal Alternatives. Cannabliss is currently closed and transitioning locations, but Herbal Alternatives is still open.
By LJ Dawson Verified| Outlaw Report@ First published in Washington City Paper. It was a moment he’d prepared for his whole career working in hydroponic cultivation and legal dispensaries in the DMV: a chance to legally grow and sell cannabis where he grew up. But a lack of access to funding and industrial real estate scarcity has deflated his dreams. Almost a year after his conditional license was approved, with no money and no place to grow, Jackson has all but given up on establishing a weed business in D.C.“It was heart-wrenching.
Company Info
Freelance
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