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Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) has signed legislation to suspend the jurisdiction\u2019s 6 percent tax on medical marijuana around the 4\/20 cannabis celebration, declaring a two-week tax holiday on purchases from April 15 through April 28.<\/p>\n
Bowser returned the 4\/20 medical cannabis tax holiday legislation<\/a> to lawmakers on Tuesday after signing it a day earlier. Supporters say the tax holiday would encourage patients and caretakers to shop at legal, licensed dispensaries rather than obtain marijuana through the illicit market.<\/p>\n The District Council unanimously approved the proposal earlier this month.<\/p>\n \u201cThe popular tax holiday is critical to the District\u2019s effort to attract qualifying patients back to the legal market,\u201d Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie (I), who introduced the measure on behalf of Bowser\u2019s office, said at the time.<\/p>\n Members of the panel said roughly 200 unlicensed dispensaries currently exist in the District, and about 70 of those have applied to transition into the regulated market.<\/p>\n A letter submitted by the mayor said the tax holiday bill<\/a> also supports the District\u2019s medical marijuana industry.<\/p>\n A\u00a0prior medical cannabis tax holiday was included in a 2022 bill<\/a>\u00a0designed to help address rising cannabis costs at licensed dispensaries and combat \u201cthe continuing threat posed by illicit cannabis storefronts and delivery services,\u201d according to a companion resolution.<\/p>\n \u2014 In separate actions last week, the council also defeated a proposal\u00a0that would have adjusted rules around locating medical marijuana dispensaries near schools. Members also considered a\u00a0measure\u00a0to extend the District\u2019s cannabis enforcement authority while Congress reviews a regulation bill adopts by the council earlier this year.<\/p>\n Retailers must already be 300 feet from schools or recreation centers, but a recent policy exempts certain medical cannabis retailers from that requirement if they\u2019re located in a commercial or industrial zone.<\/p>\n Some members of the D.C. Council have suggested that marijuana more broadly should be legal in the District, but that policy change has been repeatedly blocked by a congressional rider preventing D.C. leaders from regulating an adult-use cannabis market.<\/p>\n Last month, federal lawmakers\u00a0again approved funding legislation extending the rider to prevent broader legalization in the District<\/a>.<\/p>\n Biden \u2018Not Doing Enough\u2019 To Protect State Marijuana Laws, Congressman Says As Feds Seize Products From Licensed Businesses<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n The post Washington D.C. Mayor Signs Bill Declaring 4\/20 Tax Holiday On Medical Marijuana Purchases<\/a> appeared first on Marijuana Moment<\/a>.<\/p>\n
Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) has signed legislation to suspend the jurisdiction\u2019s 6 percent tax on medical marijuana around the 4\/20 cannabis celebration, declaring a two-week tax holiday on purchases from April 15 through April 28. Bowser returned the 4\/20 medical cannabis tax holiday legislation to lawmakers on TuesdayContinue Reading<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":73993,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[18,81],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73992"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73992"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73992\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73994,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73992\/revisions\/73994"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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