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NATS              INDEPENDENT VENDORS OFFER MEDICAL GRADE MARIJUANA INFUSED GUMMY WORMS.......\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eVOICE-OVER SCRIPT\u003cbr/\u003e              SOME NIGHTS, THE TABLES AT THIS WASHINGTON RESTAURANT GO FROM SERVING FOOD TO DISHING OUT  MARIJUANA.\u003cbr/\u003e              NATS\u003cbr/\u003e              INDEPENDENT VENDORS OFFER MEDICAL GRADE MARIJUANA INFUSED GUMMY WORMS....  MARIJUANA BUDS IN JARS..\u003cbr/\u003e              EVEN CONCENTRATES, A POWERFUL DERIVATIVE THAT LOOKS LIKE MELTED CARAMEL\u003cbr/\u003e              AND IT IS ALL GIVEN AWAY… SORT OF.\u003cbr/\u003e              SOUNDBITE: (English) Kevin White, recreational pot sales proponent:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"We can't outright sell cannabis or edibles, but we're allowed to gift them so what we do we sell raffle tickets and with our raffle tickets, we gift any of our edibles or whatever we have that's medicated.''\u003cbr/\u003e              DC VOTERS APPROVED RECREATIONAL CANNABIS IN 2014, BUT NOT ITS SALE - MEANING IT'S OK TO POSSESS A SMALL AMOUNT, BUT YOU CAN'T SELL OR PURCHASE NON-MEDICAL MARIJUANA IN THE NATION'S CAPITAL.\u003cbr/\u003e              ENTREPRENEURS ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF A LEGAL LOOPHOLE THAT ALLOWS FRIENDS TO SHARE UP TO AN OUNCE OF MARIJUANA.\u003cbr/\u003e              POP-UP MARKET AND SHOPS SELL T-SHIRTS WITH A \"GIFT\" OF MARIJUANA ATTACHED.\u003cbr/\u003e              DC POLICE SAY THE LEGAL LOOPHOLE ISN'T FOOLING ANYONE... BUT ADMIT THEY AREN'T ACTIVELY OUT HUNTING FOR MARIJUANA VENDORS.\u003cbr/\u003e              SOUNDBITE: (English) Lt. Andrew Struhar, DC police department:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"It's a priority when it becomes a priority, when we get a complaint then it's a priority, then it's a priority.'' \u003cbr/\u003e              LEGAL MARIJUANA SALES CAN BRING IN BIG TAX REVENUES_ $200 MILLION IN COLORADO LAST YEAR _WHICH ALLOW REGULATORS TO HIRE STAFF TO ENFORCE RULES SUCH AS PROHIBITING CONSUMPTION OF POT WHERE IT'S SOLD.\u003cbr/\u003e              MARIJUANA IS STILL BANNED AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. BECAUSE CONGRESS HAS FINAL SAY ON THE CITY'S AFFAIRS, DC IS PROHIBITED FROM SPENDING ANY MONEY ON DEVELOPING REGULATIONS.  \u003cbr/\u003e              COUNCILMAN DAVID GROSSO WANTS TO SEE  THE  CITY SPEND MONEY TO DEVELOP REGULATIONS IN SPITE OF CONGRESS.\u003cbr/\u003e              SOUNDBITE: (English) David Grosso, councilman, Washington:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"What are they going to do, throw us all in jail? I don't think so. My problem is I can't convince people that marijuana is an issue that they should go to jail.''\u003cbr/\u003e              MEDICAL MARIJUANA LINGERED IN SIMILAR LIMBO FOR MORE THAN A DECADE BEFORE IT BECAME LEGAL FOR SALE IN DC IN 2011.\u003cbr/\u003e              ACCORDING TO ONE ESTIMATE, THE DISTRICT IS LOSING ABOUT $130 MILLION EACH YEAR IN TAX MONEY WITHOUT A REGULATED RECREATIONAL MARKET…  WHILE THESE CREATIVE VENDORS HAVE FOUND WAYS TO COME OUT AHEAD.\u003cbr/\u003e              ASHRAF KHALIL, ASSOCIATED PRESS, WASHINGTON\u003cbr/\u003e            \u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003e              Washington - 11 September 2017\u003cbr/\u003e              1. Tables displaying marijuana products\u003cbr/\u003e              2. Man \"dabbing\" on a pipe that uses a hot metal plate called a \"nail\" to vaporize concentrated marijuana\u003cbr/\u003e              3. Man explaining THC content in product UPSOUND: (English) ``You're going to get higher on this lower THC cause it's got (unintelligible)\"\u003cbr/\u003e              4. Marijuana infused gummy worms\u003cbr/\u003e              5. Customer holding a jar of marijuana buds up to his nose\u003cbr/\u003e              6. Various of man \"dabbing\" \u003cbr/\u003e              7. STILL image of raffle tickets\u003cbr/\u003e              8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Kevin White, recreational marijuana proponent:\u003cbr/\u003e              ++SOUNDBITE PART OVERLAID BY RAFFLE TICKET PHOTO++ \u003cbr/\u003e              ``\"We can't outright sell cannabis or edibles, but we're allowed to gift them so what we do we sell raffle tickets and with our raffle tickets, we gift any of our edibles or whatever we have that's medicated.''\u003cbr/\u003e              \u003cbr/\u003e              Washington - 15 September 2017 \u003cbr/\u003e              9. Various of exteriors of District of Columbia city hall\u003cbr/\u003e              \u003cbr/\u003e              Washington - 11 September 2017 \u003cbr/\u003e              10. Man holding up a dabbing pipe UPSOUND: (English) \"It's picture worthy.'' \u003cbr/\u003e              11. Marijuana products on a table\u003cbr/\u003e              12. Jars of marijuana bud on table \u003cbr/\u003e              13. Side view of marijuana bud on table UPSOUND: (English) \"What's the donation?\"\u003cbr/\u003e              \u003cbr/\u003e              Washington - 15 September 2017 \u003cbr/\u003e              14. Police spokesman Andrew Struhar walking up steps\u003cbr/\u003e              15. Police cruisers in parking spots\u003cbr/\u003e              16. SOUNDBITE: (English) Lt. Andrew Struhar, DC police department:\u003cbr/\u003e              (Transcript below) \u003cbr/\u003e              \u003cbr/\u003e              Washington - 11 September 2017 \u003cbr/\u003e              17. Man dabbing at a table that sells marijuana\u003cbr/\u003e              \u003cbr/\u003e              Washington - 15 September 2017 \u003cbr/\u003e              18. View of U.S. Capitol Building down Pennsylvania Avenue\u003cbr/\u003e              19. Closeup of statue on DC city hally building \u003cbr/\u003e              20. Councilman David Grosso in his office, pan to a \"Human Rights\" sign in his office\u003cbr/\u003e              21. SOUNDBITE: (English) David Grosso, councilman, Washington:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"What are they going to do, throw us all in jail? I don't think so. My problem is I can't convince people that marijuana is an issue that they should go to jail for.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              \u003cbr/\u003e              Washington - 11 September 2017 \u003cbr/\u003e              22. Close up of \"Medical Cannabis\" on marijuana infused candy\u003cbr/\u003e              \u003cbr/\u003e              Washington- 15 September 2017 \u003cbr/\u003e              23. Exterior of District of Columbia city hall \u003cbr/\u003e              \u003cbr/\u003e              Washington -11 September 2017 \u003cbr/\u003e              24. Man pulling cigars out of a jar\u003cbr/\u003e              25. Lighted display case of marijuana products\u003cbr/\u003e              26. STILL Image showing cannabis infused snacks for sale \u003cbr/\u003e              27. STILL Image of ``Weed-Itz'' infused knock off product of Cheezits\u003cbr/\u003e              28. Zoom out shot of medical cannabis infused products on a table \u003cbr/\u003e              29. 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