Debbie Hines discusses DC's marijuana law on Fox 5 News. DC News FOX 5 DC WTTG In November, 2014, DC residents and voters went to the polls and overwhelmingly by a margin of 70% voted to make marijuana legal in the District of Columbia. With DC voters’ approval of Ballot Initiative 71, the new law was enacted. Since the vote in favor of Ballot Initiative 71, two events have occurred that might either derail or give life to the legalization of marijuana in DC. In December, MD Republican Congressman Andy Harris placed a rider in the federal government spending bill that would prohibit any monies—federal or DC from being used towards a marijuana law. The District of Columbia, including Mayor Bowser, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton and DC Attorney General Karl Racine take the view that the rider has no effect as the new law was enacted in November. The complication of the status of DC as a non-state bears on how laws become laws in the District of Columbia. … [Read more...] about Will DC’s Legalization of Marijuana Law Become Law?