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...part of the first class of D.C. Scholars, Holloway spent last summer researching local issues, particularly child abuse, with the White House Domestic Policy Council. Holloway joined one of her eight D.C. Scholars classmates, Clayton Armstrong of the University of Arizona, at the Capitol last night...
State Representative Alice K. Wolf, who is supporting Decker in this election, praised her former legislative aide’s record as a member of the City Council...
...weeks later, city council member David Catania moved to do just that, introducing a bill that would implement Initiative 59, with the co-sponsorship of nine of the 13 council members. Don't ask him if there are more serious issues he should be working on. "Every time someone says that, I think my head should explode," he says. "As far as I'm concerned, this is an important issue. The evidence I've seen certainly suggests a powerful medicinal use for marijuana that can stimulate appetite and can reduce pain and suffering. So frankly that's my decision...
...create five to 10 nonprofit dispensaries around the city, which would have to be at least 1,000 feet away from places like schools, parks and other dispensaries. In contrast, for years Los Angeles has had hundreds of dispensaries, privately owned, with a 500-foot rule. But its city council passed a revised dope law just hours after D.C. outlined its own, adopting D.C.'s 1,000-foot rule and cutting the number of dispensaries allowed to around 150. (See a brief history of medical marijuana...
...spokesman for the D.C. city council says the bill is likely to get through the council by the end of the spring, and may be approved in Congress by the end of summer...