By Paul Schwartzman Paul Schwartzman Reporter specializing in political profiles and narratives about life, death and everything in between Email Bio Follow April 25 at 8:07 PM When he smokes marijuana, a pastime he has indulged in “every day, all day” for four decades, Tyrone Gathers says he makes sure to leave his apartment and the grounds of his public housing complex in the District.
Five years ago, District voters passed Initiative 71, legalizing the private use, possession and cultivation of small amounts of marijuana, a step that solidified the city’s national stature as a bastion of progressive policy.Yet for the 20,000 tenants in public housing, as well as those who live in subsidized units across the country, the relaxation of local marijuana laws makes no difference in what residents can do inside their apartments.
“It’s like the sword of Damocles dangling over peoples’ heads,” said Battle, who lives in a subsidized unit at the Stoneridge apartments in Southeast, a mixed-income complex. “Why are you watching everyone?” Pondexter asked. “You feel like you’re under attack by the police and by society. It feeds resentment, anxiety and fear.”
Idiots in the comment section don’t know that it is illegal to buy pot in DC! You can grow or give it away, both things that don’t require money. So it doesn’t matter if these people are poor, as that has nothing to do with pot use!
deray Fuck that noise.
blatant racist act
deray So, only white people. Again.
You better get a SEARCH WARRANT FOR KAMALA'S OFFICE.
While I think this is a stupid rule, I also don't think you should be surprised when a lender/donor attaches conditions to the loan/gift. This is why deciding/funding everything at the federal level is a bad idea.
This is so, so racist.
I'm pretty sure the point is you shouldn't be buying drugs for non-medical reasons when you're in government provided housing or if the government is paying for anything besides SS. That money could be used for other things in your life to get you on your own two feet.
Yet another opportunity to lock up (usually poor) POC.
Where pot flourishes, morals decay.
Here's a simple rule: If recreational use of alcohol is legal, MJ should be legal under those same circumstances.
Again, people in financially difficult situations are targeted. Why the government has to be mean and shitty?
Why?
This is the mentality and consequences of unconstitutional laws with conflicting daily practices that undermine the premise. You burned your own flag.
So WEED is only for elites in Washington DC... this explains alot of things
No pot for Trump.
So people living in generally stressful situations are not allowed a stress relief?
Somebody buy that man a grinder!
I had to live in government housing for a few months when I was in my early 20's and guess what? it sucked! Trust me you need weed it helps with the fact that you are stuck in government housing.