As recreational marijuana sales prosper in Maryland, medical dispensaries in D.C. jump through hoops.
During a recent tour of a medical marijuana dispensary in Southeast Washington, called Anacostia Organics, I received a primer on the nomenclature of legal store-bought pot.Linda Mercado Greene, the owner and CEO, and Ikeya Haight, director of facilities, led me to a glass-enclosed display case, called the “flower station.” Inside was a row of buds marked “sativas” and “indicas.”“Sativas are good for energy, very uplifting,” Haight said. “Indica is a body high, good for pain and sleep.
The terpenes are contained in tiny, hairlike structures on the surface of the buds and leaves and give marijuana its unique odor. Anacostia Organics has been in business for nearly five years and is one of six licensed dispensaries operating in the District. Greene, who lives two blocks from work, is one of only a few Black women in the country who own a medical marijuana dispensary. Her leadership team, including Haight and Tamia Harper, the general manager, are also Black women. That, too, is extremely rare.
In 2014, D.C. became one of the first jurisdictions on the East Coast to vote to legalize recreational marijuana. But because of the power that Congress still holds over the District’s budget, any congressman can gum up the works by withholding funding needed to implement a new law.Rep. Andy Harris , a physician representing the Eastern Shore, has blocked efforts to implement the sale of recreational marijuana for nearly 10 years.
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