Yet Congress has prohibited the District of Columbia from using its local funds to tax and regulate marijuana.
Eleanor Holmes Norton: “Yet Congress has prohibited the District of Columbia from using its local funds to tax and regulate marijuana.”
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Norton criticizes Congress for restricting D.C.'s ability to regulate marijuana despite its legality.
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