D.C. Promised a Crackdown on Illegal Pot Shops. Have they Delivered? 

August 5, 2024

By Paulina Inglima On July 16, 2024, D.C. medical cannabis retailers were given reason to hope that D.C.’s Alcohol Beverage and Cannabis Association was taking long-awaited action on unlicensed marijuana […]

Georgetown ‘Pot Shops’ Flourishing as City Licensing Delayed

January 4, 2024

As many have noticed, cannabis “gifting shops” and dispensaries have been scrambling energetically – and often furtively – to set up shop behind Georgetown storefronts, to the delight of marijuana […]

New D.C. Law to Change Pot Shop Rules

May 15, 2023

By Topher Mathews There’s a sea change on the horizon for how Washingtonians purchase marijuana, if they so choose. And that change is likely to be quite visible to all, […]

Police Raid Mr Nice Guys Again

February 3, 2020

On Jan. 18, for the second time in three months, a CBD smoke shop in Georgetown was raided by police in SWAT gear.

Police Raid 2 Marijuana Pop-Ups in Georgetown

December 5, 2019

The raid on a business at Dumbarton Street and Wisconsin Avenue was almost a repeat of another the day before at 33rd Street and Wisconsin Avenue.   

31st St. Stabbing Upsets Neighborhood

November 29, 2018

According to the Metropolitan Police Department, the stabbing victim had met earlier on Nov. 28 near Howard University with two persons in a car, which found its way to Georgetown.