D.C. parents come after new medical licensees
A few new medical licensees have brought the wrath of D.C.’s elite parents down upon them. Currently, Green Theory, a newly licensed medical dispensary came to a settlement with its ANC, but last week a group of parents raised arms and released a press release claiming “It is unthinkable that D.C. would allow kids as young as 3 years old to be so directly exposed to the sale and consumption of drugs next to the places where they learn and play.”
However, Green Theory does not have a consumption or summer garden license making it illegal for people to smoke inside or outside the business. Smoking cannabis in public is still illegal in D.C.
Popville published the press release last week with no attribution and only later added a comment from Green Theory. A T.V. segment also covered the issue but with no comment from the business. 480 people have signed the “1000 feet” petition.
Much of the brewhaha from parents in some of the shiniest areas of D.C. seems to assume that medical shops will bring in a certain “crowd” they don’t want in their neighborhood. Beyond being thinly veiled racism, this assumption misunderstands the function