Perhaps you failed to notice that the last minute "must pass" budget bill got a bunch of garbage stuffed into it, including a provision that over-rides the Washington DC decriminalization measure voted in by the DC residents in a 2/3rds majority.
Gotta love those "representatives" from a completely different geographical region making sure that the majority of DC residents are saved from the unholy evil that is marijuana.
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