The Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Administration (ABCA), working with the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), closed Sheridan International Market on Georgia Avenue NW on Mar. 24, 2025, due to its operation as an unlicensed cannabis retailer. The ABC Board issued the closure order, citing a “credible and imminent danger to public health and safety” and padlocked the business.
The address was also registered to a placarded social equity internet medical cannabis retail license under Blueprint Development LLC. The most recent ABC board disposition showed that a protest hearing had been rescheduled.
During the closure, MPD officers discovered and seized over over five pounds of unlicensed cannabis products, including cannabis, THC concentrate, THC cartridges, and THC edibles, according to the ABCA press release. A search warrant was executed following the initial discovery…