Tag: I-71 Committee

Bill Would Offer D.C.’s Weed ‘Gifters’ Path To Legality With Transitional Licenses

Nov 18, 2022

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Gaspard Le Dem

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

D.C.’s unlicensed cannabis storefronts — familiarly known as gifting or “I-71” shops — have dodged multiple attempts over the last year by local leaders to crack down on their business. Earlier this year, they repeatedly locked horns with D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson, who tried passing emergency legislation to shut them down and blasted them…
Q&A: Terrence White to Lead I-71 Committee, a Business Coalition in D.C.’s Cannabis Gray Market

Sep 26, 2022

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Ethan McLeod

in Criminal Justice, Outlaw Report, Politics, Social Equity, Washington, D.C.

The I-71 Committee has had a busy year of advocacy. Amid a push over the last year by D.C. government to more closely regulate and inspect recreational cannabis “gifting” businesses and bolster the city’s medical cannabis market, it’s been a time for gray market business operators to “come out of the shadows,” says Terrence White,…