Tag: gifting businesses

Mendelson Says MSOs Are Financing D.C.’s ‘Illegal’ Cannabis Gifting Market

Apr 13, 2022

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Gaspard Le Dem

in Business, Outlaw Report, Politics, Social Equity, Washington, D.C.

D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson suffered a stinging loss early last week when the council narrowly rejected his emergency bill to crack down on unregulated cannabis businesses. The “no” vote put a serious damper on Mendelson’s crusade to shut down D.C.’s gray market for weed, where storefronts and delivery services “gift” cannabis with the purchase…
D.C. Council Narrowly Rejects Bill To Shut Down Cannabis Gifting Economy

Apr 5, 2022

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Gaspard Le Dem

in Outlaw Report, Politics, Washington, D.C.

The D.C. Council on Tuesday voted down an emergency measure to ramp up enforcement against the District’s many unregulated cannabis businesses – storefronts and delivery services that “gift” weed with the purchase of other goods, like t-shirts and potted plants. The bill, introduced late last week by Council Chairman Phil Mendelson, would have granted D.C.’s…