Bob Marley is credited for saying, "When you smoke the herb, it reveals you to yourself." The D.C. beltway is ready to reveal.
Senators and representatives weren't the only votes cast. The District of Columbia voted to legalize pot during Tuesday's midterm elections.
"With marijuana legal in the federal government's backyard it's going to be increasingly difficult for national politicians to continue ignoring the growing majority of voters who want to end prohibition," said Tom Angell, chairman of the advocacy group Marijuana Majority, according to Politico. "I've been saying for a while that 2016 presidential candidates need to start courting the cannabis constituency, and now the road to the White House quite literally travels through legal marijuana territory."
Since D.C. is a federal enclave, congress - a Republican congress - gets the final word on Initiative 71.
The initiative that more than 64 percent of D.C. residents voted to support reads:
"This initiative, if passed, will make it lawful under District of Columbia law for a person 21 years of age or older to:
- possess up to two ounces of marijuana for personal use;
- grow no more than six cannabis plants with 3 or fewer being mature, flowering plants, within the person's principal residence;
- transfer without payment (but not sell) up to one ounce of marijuana to another person 21 years of age or older; and
- use or sell drug paraphernalia for the use, growing, or processing of marijuana or cannabis."
D.C. joins states like Washington, Oregon and Colorado, where marijuana is legal outside of medical necessity.
