Meet the Local Weed Crusader Who Helps Washingtonians Navigate the Marijuana Industry

Spurred by the confusion surrounding the new law, Joe Tierney, 37, decided to start a website that would help these consumers navigate the weed scene in DC. 

When Initiative 71 passed in February 2015 and weed was legalized throughout the District of Columbia, recreational users across the city rejoiced–finally, they could buy and smoke weed freely throughout the Capital, just like the freewheeling residents of Colorado and Washington state.

But Washingtonians’ fantasies of rolling into a District-run dispensary and purchasing the best bud available were quickly quashed. Initiative 71–which has been billed as a “home grown, home use” policy–effectively made it legal to possess, grow, or “transfer” a small amount of weed to others, but not to sell or purchase the drug.

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