Congressman to Review Federal Ban on Marijuana Sales in DC After Mayor's Safety Concerns

A key Republican lawmaker, Chairman James Comer, has expressed interest in reassessing the federal ban that has blocked Washington, D.C. from legalizing, regulating, and taxing recreational marijuana sales. This came after D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser testified that the congressional appropriations rider that has long prevented her city from implementing adult-use cannabis commerce “has a public safety impact.” Comer, who has generally limited his support for cannabis reform to hemp issues, said that the marijuana issue that the mayor identified was one of the “things that caught my attention.”