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| Friend, did you know that Congress has blocked D.C. from regulating adult-use marijuana sales for the last eight years? Despite D.C. residents voting to legalize marijuana in 2014, Congress has banned them from moving forward by passing the “Harris rider” in the annual budget every year. It prevents the District from spending its own money to tax and regulate marijuana. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has the power to override this by promising not to enforce it: sign our petition demanding that the DOJ let D.C. legally regulate marijuana. We will deliver the signers to Attorney General Garland and Deputy Attorney General Monaco in early 2023. Since President Biden’s recent marijuana reform announcements, we have a stronger chance of getting the Department of Justice to help our fight to allow for legal regulation of adult use cannabis for people living in D.C. Over the last few weeks, we organized and sent a letter to Attorney General Garland and Deputy Attorney General Monaco along with a diverse group of 70 other organizations requesting that the DOJ explicitly adopt a non-enforcement policy for D.C. It is the same as its approach in states that have legalized marijuana where the federal government doesn’t intervene. Even if you are not a D.C. resident, we can all agree the federal government shouldn’t be standing in the way of efforts to legalize marijuana in D.C. or anywhere else in the country. Add your name to help us convince the DOJ to let D.C. regulate marijuana sales. For too long, Congress has shamefully ignored the will of D.C. residents even though voters and D.C. Council desperately wants to move forward. As we continue fighting to end the Harris rider within the federal spending bill, it is also critical that the DOJ adopt a non-enforcement policy so D.C. can finally create safe, legal access to marijuana like other states have been able to do. If the DOJ does the right thing, D.C. is more than ready to implement a regulatory system, address astounding racial disparities in marijuana enforcement, and reinvest in communities hit hardest by prohibition. Sign our petition if you agree it’s time for the DOJ to let D.C. legally regulate marijuana.
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