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Norton Statement on D.C. Council Passage of Marijuana Decriminalization Bill

Statement

Date: March 4, 2014
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Marijuana

Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) made the following statement on the District of Columbia Council's passage today of a marijuana decriminalization bill.

"In a country where many states are permitting medical marijuana, or have decriminalized or legalized marijuana, I do not expect Members of Congress to interfere with D.C.'s local right to pass its own law on marijuana decriminalization. If Members try to interfere, however, I will stoutly defend D.C.'s right to pass such legislation, just as 17 states have already done."


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