D.C. residents will no longer need to involve a doctor before they become obtaining medical marijuana.
The D.C. Council unanimously passed an emergency bill Tuesday night that allows residents 21 years old and older to “self-certify” their need for medical marijuana.
That means that residents don’t need to get one of the city’s authorized practitioners — 620 of the city’s thousands of medical professionals — to provide a recommendation when registering for a medical marijuana patient card.
Mayor Muriel Bowser is expected to sign the bill into law, which would be in effect for no longer than 90 days.