With recreational cannabis legal in the District but no retail sales allowed, the Medical Marijuana Improvement Act would create a self-certification system to spread access to every D.C. adult.
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Sandwiched between a pet store and a Popeyes less than one mile southeast of the U.S. Capitol is the Metropolitan Wellness Center.
Up a flight of stairs and behind a cell phone repair shop, there's a nondescript lobby with bare walls and a handful of seats.
The only thing indicating this isn't a typical office is the reading material: High Timesmagazine and a Newsweek cover that reads: "Going Guns & Ganja."
This is one of five medical cannabis dispensaries in the district, and starting next year, the Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission expects similar offices to be up and running here.
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