First seen in Washington City Paper The Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Administration has handed out 13 warnings so far, but hundreds of unlicensed shops remain open. A version of this article initially appeared in the Outlaw […]
D.C. Rapper Shot, Killed Inside a Marijuana Gifting Shop in Northwest
First seen in Washington City Paper Philip Prendergast, aka Phil Da Phuture, was shot during an armed robbery of Hotbox Uptown marijuana gifting shop on Georgia Avenue NW. A version of this article first appeared […]
D.C. Police Raid Marijuana ‘Gifting’ Shop Following Inspection That Found Psychedelic Mushrooms, Six Employees Arrested
First seen in Washington City Paper Kaliiva had applied to the Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Administration for a license to sell medical marijuana. A version of this article was initially published in the Outlaw Report. Marijuana […]
Maryland is the next victim caught in California lawyer’s web of social equity cannabis lawsuits
First seen in The Outlaw Report. Maryland is the most recent victim of a California lawyer and cannabis entrepreneur’s serial suing of state cannabis social equity programs. Jeffery Jensen filed a lawsuit on behalf of his wife Justyna […]
D.C I-71 gifting shops face enforcement, 76 unlicensed shops applied for medical licenses
First seen in The OUtlaw Report. The deadline for unlicensed weed gifting shops to apply for medical cannabis licenses closed at the end of January, ending the D.C. government’s attempt to fold unregulated shops into the […]
D.C. City Council listens, expands cannabis social equity license requirements
The District of Columbia’s cannabis industry is coming out of the shadows after almost eight years functioning under the I-71 initiative – a law that allowed cannabis to be gifted in small amounts. A plethora of gray market […]
Incarcerated people are more likely to be sick and less likely to receive care
First seen in The Des. People who get locked up are more likely to be dealing with chronic health issues and less likely to receive care than the general population. Being incarcerated also creates additional […]
Overdose Deaths Behind Bars Rise as Drug Crisis Swells
First seen in PBS NewsHour and KHN. Annissa Holland should be excited her son is coming home from prison after four long years of incarceration. Instead, she’s researching rehab centers to send him to as […]
New report debunks 2020 youth crime wave
First seen in The Des. Almost a year ago, a carjacking left The District of Columbia aghast. Mohammad Anwar, died in the hospital after he was hit with a stun gun and crashed his car while […]
Fighting for a second chance
First seen in The Des. When Dontrell Britton returned from federal prison to his mother’s DC apartment in 2017, he didn’t have tens of thousands of Instagram followers or over 400 thousand TikTok followers on his team like he […]
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